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and<00:11:46.340><c> in</c><00:11:46.480><c> the</c><00:11:46.639><c> drinking</c><00:11:46.840><c> of</c><00:11:47.120><c> wine.</c>

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but<00:11:56.179><c> in</c><00:11:56.299><c> the</c><00:11:56.460><c> carrying</c><00:11:56.659><c> out</c><00:11:56.879><c> of</c><00:11:57.039><c> that</c><00:11:57.220><c> principle</c><00:11:57.799><c> day</c><00:11:58.379><c> to</c><00:11:58.600><c> day</c>

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that<00:12:05.279><c> endeavors</c><00:12:05.600><c> to</c><00:12:05.899><c> mirror</c><00:12:06.100><c> that</c><00:12:06.320><c> of</c><00:12:06.500><c> the</c><00:12:06.620><c> Lord</c><00:12:06.759><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ<00:12:07.500><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:12:09.779><c> fourthly,</c><00:12:10.700><c> our</c><00:12:10.879><c> expectation</c><00:12:11.700><c> of</c><00:12:11.919><c> his</c><00:12:12.120><c> return</c>

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and<00:12:13.399><c> the</c><00:12:13.659><c> consummation</c><00:12:14.159><c> of</c><00:12:14.360><c> all</c><00:12:14.600><c> things</c><00:12:15.039><c> in</c><00:12:15.539><c> him.</c>

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This<00:12:17.860><c> is</c><00:12:18.019><c> what</c><00:12:18.120><c> is</c><00:12:18.379><c> involved</c><00:12:18.919><c> in</c><00:12:19.580><c> the</c><00:12:19.759><c> new</c><00:12:19.940><c> life,</c>

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in<00:12:21.480><c> life</c><00:12:21.720><c> through</c><00:12:21.960><c> his</c><00:12:22.259><c> name.</c>

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Well<00:12:24.879><c> of</c><00:12:24.940><c> course</c><00:12:25.120><c> my</c><00:12:25.320><c> dear</c><00:12:25.500><c> brethren</c><00:12:25.820><c> and</c><00:12:26.080><c> sisters,</c><00:12:26.659><c> this</c><00:12:26.820><c> is</c><00:12:27.100><c> true.</c>

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But<00:12:29.159><c> I</c><00:12:29.419><c> think</c><00:12:29.740><c> the</c><00:12:30.080><c> message</c><00:12:30.299><c> of</c><00:12:30.480><c> the</c><00:12:30.639><c> Apostle</c><00:12:31.019><c> John</c><00:12:31.240><c> to</c><00:12:31.440><c> us</c><00:12:32.220><c> today</c>

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is<00:12:33.480><c> that</c><00:12:33.659><c> this</c><00:12:33.879><c> is</c><00:12:34.100><c> not</c><00:12:34.480><c> all</c><00:12:35.019><c> the</c><00:12:35.279><c> truth</c><00:12:35.879><c> on</c><00:12:36.480><c> this</c><00:12:36.720><c> very</c>

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important<00:12:37.480><c> matter.</c>

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There<00:12:39.139><c> is</c><00:12:39.360><c> something</c><00:12:39.659><c> more.</c>

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And<00:12:41.480><c> it's</c><00:12:41.759><c> something</c><00:12:41.919><c> to</c><00:12:42.139><c> do</c><00:12:42.240><c> with</c><00:12:42.419><c> the</c><00:12:42.639><c> goal</c><00:12:42.940><c> that</c><00:12:43.120><c> we</c><00:12:43.320><c> are</c>

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aiming<00:12:43.740><c> for.</c>

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And<00:12:45.220><c> not</c><00:12:45.399><c> only</c><00:12:45.659><c> that.</c>

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When<00:12:50.840><c> we</c><00:12:51.000><c> talk</c><00:12:51.179><c> about</c><00:12:51.500><c> life,</c><00:12:53.500><c> or</c><00:12:53.659><c> age</c><00:12:53.879><c> abiding</c><00:12:54.279><c> life,</c>

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we<00:12:56.019><c> usually</c><00:12:56.320><c> think</c><00:12:56.600><c> of</c><00:12:56.720><c> it</c><00:12:56.860><c> in</c><00:12:57.059><c> terms</c><00:12:57.419><c> of</c><00:12:57.620><c> its</c><00:12:57.779><c> length.</c>

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When<00:12:59.399><c> it</c><00:12:59.659><c> starts,</c><00:13:00.820><c> how</c><00:13:01.120><c> long</c><00:13:01.320><c> it</c><00:13:01.460><c> goes</c><00:13:01.720><c> on</c><00:13:02.080><c> for,</c>

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and<00:13:03.360><c> if</c><00:13:03.500><c> and</c><00:13:03.679><c> when</c><00:13:03.840><c> it</c><00:13:04.159><c> concludes.</c>

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So<00:13:06.820><c> we</c><00:13:07.299><c> picture</c><00:13:08.179><c> immortality</c><00:13:09.460><c> as</c><00:13:10.039><c> best</c><00:13:10.259><c> we</c><00:13:10.539><c> can</c>

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as<00:13:11.720><c> a</c><00:13:11.879><c> life</c><00:13:12.259><c> of</c><00:13:12.759><c> unending</c><00:13:13.259><c> continuity.</c>

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But<00:13:18.259><c> my</c><00:13:18.379><c> dear</c><00:13:18.500><c> brethren</c><00:13:18.799><c> and</c><00:13:19.059><c> sisters,</c>

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there's<00:13:20.720><c> something</c><00:13:20.940><c> more</c><00:13:21.240><c> isn't</c><00:13:21.460><c> there?</c>

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We<00:13:23.100><c> know</c><00:13:23.279><c> in</c><00:13:23.440><c> our</c><00:13:23.600><c> heart</c><00:13:23.740><c> of</c><00:13:23.980><c> hearts</c><00:13:24.179><c> that</c><00:13:24.340><c> this</c><00:13:24.559><c> is</c><00:13:24.779><c> so</c><00:13:24.980><c> from</c>

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it<00:13:32.679><c> is</c><00:13:32.960><c> also</c><00:13:33.320><c> a</c><00:13:33.539><c> life</c><00:13:33.840><c> of</c><00:13:34.320><c> unsurpassed</c><00:13:35.620><c> quality.</c>

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This<00:13:37.820><c> was</c><00:13:38.019><c> the</c><00:13:38.220><c> proclamation</c><00:13:38.759><c> of</c><00:13:39.019><c> the</c><00:13:39.179><c> Apostle</c><00:13:39.559><c> Paul</c>

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So<00:13:44.399><c> my</c><00:13:44.559><c> proposition</c><00:13:44.980><c> to</c><00:13:45.159><c> you</c><00:13:45.340><c> today</c>

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is<00:13:47.419><c> that</c><00:13:47.539><c> when</c><00:13:47.759><c> the</c><00:13:47.960><c> Apostle</c><00:13:48.279><c> John</c><00:13:48.539><c> talks</c><00:13:48.899><c> about</c><00:13:49.259><c> life,</c>

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about<00:13:51.200><c> new</c><00:13:51.559><c> life,</c>

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he's<00:13:53.179><c> not</c><00:13:53.379><c> merely</c><00:13:53.620><c> thinking</c><00:13:53.960><c> about</c><00:13:54.279><c> its</c><00:13:54.500><c> length,</c>

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but<00:13:55.820><c> more</c><00:13:56.200><c> importantly,</c><00:13:57.740><c> its</c><00:13:57.899><c> breadth.</c>

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And<00:13:58.899><c> what</c><00:13:59.000><c> do</c><00:13:59.139><c> I</c><00:13:59.360><c> mean</c><00:13:59.600><c> by</c><00:13:59.879><c> its</c><00:14:00.120><c> breadth?</c>

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Well,<00:14:01.299><c> its</c><00:14:01.519><c> characteristics,</c><00:14:03.019><c> its</c><00:14:03.220><c> quality,</c>

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its<00:14:04.320><c> direction,</c><00:14:05.279><c> its</c><00:14:05.500><c> goal,</c><00:14:06.080><c> and</c><00:14:06.519><c> its</c><00:14:06.759><c> values.</c>

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And<00:14:09.779><c> the</c><00:14:09.899><c> supporting</c><00:14:10.220><c> evidence</c><00:14:10.799><c> is</c><00:14:11.659><c> of</c><00:14:11.799><c> course</c><00:14:11.960><c> in</c><00:14:12.120><c> the</c><00:14:12.279><c> scripture,</c>

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and<00:14:12.740><c> I'd</c><00:14:12.879><c> like</c><00:14:12.980><c> you</c><00:14:13.139><c> to</c><00:14:13.299><c> come</c><00:14:13.399><c> with</c><00:14:13.620><c> me</c><00:14:13.820><c> to</c><00:14:14.019><c> the</c><00:14:14.379><c> first</c><00:14:14.600><c> epistle</c>

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of<00:14:15.080><c> John</c>

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and<00:14:16.059><c> the</c><00:14:16.259><c> first</c><00:14:16.480><c> chapter.</c>

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There<00:14:18.539><c> are</c><00:14:18.539><c> many</c><00:14:18.759><c> passages</c><00:14:19.120><c> that</c><00:14:19.340><c> could</c><00:14:19.500><c> be</c><00:14:19.700><c> used</c><00:14:19.899><c> to</c><00:14:20.120><c> confirm</c>

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this<00:14:20.759><c> observation,</c>

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but<00:14:21.460><c> I'm</c><00:14:21.639><c> just</c><00:14:21.840><c> going</c><00:14:21.980><c> to</c><00:14:22.740><c> give</c><00:14:22.960><c> you</c><00:14:23.240><c> one.</c>

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Let's<00:14:31.399><c> begin</c><00:14:31.700><c> with</c><00:14:31.919><c> the</c><00:14:32.080><c> first</c><00:14:32.259><c> chapter</c><00:14:32.620><c> just</c><00:14:32.879><c> to</c><00:14:33.080><c> set</c><00:14:33.220><c> the</c>

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scene<00:14:33.639><c> and</c><00:14:33.820><c> the</c><00:14:34.000><c> context,</c>

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1<00:14:35.240><c> John</c><00:14:35.500><c> chapter</c><00:14:35.860><c> 1</c><00:14:36.139><c> and</c><00:14:36.279><c> verse</c><00:14:36.559><c> 1.</c>

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That<00:14:37.620><c> which</c><00:14:37.840><c> was</c><00:14:38.059><c> from</c><00:14:38.240><c> the</c><00:14:38.480><c> beginning,</c><00:14:38.799><c> which</c><00:14:38.960><c> we</c><00:14:39.200><c> have</c><00:14:39.440><c> heard,</c>

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which<00:14:40.500><c> we</c><00:14:40.679><c> have</c><00:14:40.879><c> seen</c><00:14:41.059><c> with</c><00:14:41.299><c> our</c><00:14:41.539><c> eyes,</c><00:14:41.799><c> which</c><00:14:41.960><c> we</c><00:14:42.159><c> have</c><00:14:42.320><c> looked</c><00:14:42.559><c> upon,</c>

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and<00:14:43.100><c> our</c><00:14:43.259><c> hands</c><00:14:43.480><c> have</c><00:14:43.679><c> handled</c><00:14:44.000><c> of</c><00:14:44.159><c> the</c><00:14:44.299><c> word</c><00:14:44.460><c> of</c><00:14:44.700><c> life.</c>

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For<00:14:45.899><c> the</c><00:14:46.139><c> life</c><00:14:46.320><c> was</c><00:14:46.559><c> manifested,</c><00:14:47.120><c> and</c><00:14:47.259><c> we</c><00:14:47.440><c> have</c><00:14:47.639><c> seen</c><00:14:47.840><c> it,</c>

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and<00:14:48.659><c> bear</c><00:14:48.840><c> witness,</c><00:14:49.879><c> and</c><00:14:50.080><c> show</c><00:14:50.240><c> unto</c><00:14:50.480><c> you</c><00:14:50.779><c> the</c><00:14:51.000><c> eternal</c><00:14:51.419><c> life,</c>

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which<00:14:52.299><c> was</c><00:14:52.480><c> with</c><00:14:52.700><c> the</c><00:14:52.919><c> Father,</c>

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and<00:14:54.100><c> was</c><00:14:54.360><c> manifested</c><00:14:55.379><c> unto</c><00:14:55.980><c> us.</c>

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I'm<00:14:57.639><c> sure,</c><00:14:57.919><c> my</c><00:14:57.980><c> dear</c><00:14:58.120><c> brethren</c><00:14:58.399><c> and</c><00:14:58.559><c> sisters,</c><00:14:58.720><c> you</c><00:14:58.860><c> will</c><00:14:59.059><c> agree</c><00:14:59.220><c> with</c><00:14:59.419><c> me,</c>

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about<00:15:04.860><c> the</c><00:15:05.240><c> word</c><00:15:05.620><c> made</c><00:15:06.000><c> flesh.</c>

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That<00:15:09.259><c> which</c><00:15:09.399><c> we</c><00:15:09.559><c> have</c><00:15:09.779><c> seen</c><00:15:10.059><c> with</c><00:15:10.320><c> our</c><00:15:10.559><c> eyes,</c>

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that<00:15:11.940><c> which</c><00:15:12.100><c> we</c><00:15:12.320><c> have</c><00:15:12.480><c> looked</c><00:15:12.720><c> upon,</c>

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and<00:15:14.039><c> our</c><00:15:14.220><c> hands</c><00:15:14.799><c> have</c><00:15:15.139><c> handled.</c>

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Chapter<00:15:30.399><c> 5</c><00:15:31.500><c> and</c><00:15:32.500><c> verse</c><00:15:32.820><c> 12.</c>

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With<00:15:35.399><c> that</c><00:15:35.700><c> picture</c><00:15:35.940><c> of</c><00:15:36.120><c> the</c><00:15:36.240><c> Lord</c><00:15:36.419><c> Jesus</c><00:15:36.740><c> in</c><00:15:36.919><c> your</c><00:15:37.200><c> minds,</c>

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consider<00:15:39.039><c> this</c><00:15:39.679><c> teaching</c><00:15:40.240><c> of</c><00:15:40.460><c> John.</c>

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He<00:15:42.379><c> that</c><00:15:42.600><c> hath</c><00:15:42.759><c> the</c><00:15:43.039><c> Son</c><00:15:43.519><c> hath</c><00:15:43.940><c> life,</c>

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and<00:15:45.580><c> he</c><00:15:45.799><c> that</c><00:15:46.039><c> hath</c><00:15:46.240><c> not</c><00:15:46.519><c> the</c><00:15:46.679><c> Son</c><00:15:46.879><c> of</c><00:15:47.039><c> God</c><00:15:48.240><c> hath</c><00:15:49.080><c> not</c><00:15:49.500><c> life.</c>

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Very<00:15:51.120><c> clear</c><00:15:51.379><c> cut,</c><00:15:51.600><c> isn't</c><00:15:51.820><c> it?</c>

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There<00:15:53.259><c> is</c><00:15:53.480><c> to</c><00:15:53.600><c> be</c><00:15:53.740><c> for</c><00:15:53.860><c> each</c><00:15:54.039><c> one</c><00:15:54.200><c> of</c><00:15:54.360><c> us</c>

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a<00:15:55.399><c> spiritual</c><00:15:55.919><c> life</c><00:15:56.639><c> in</c><00:15:57.279><c> this</c><00:15:57.559><c> life,</c>

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and<00:15:58.720><c> that</c><00:15:59.039><c> spiritual</c><00:15:59.500><c> life</c><00:16:00.179><c> is</c><00:16:00.700><c> centered</c>

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and<00:16:01.259><c> based</c><00:16:01.480><c> upon</c><00:16:01.820><c> the</c><00:16:02.019><c> Lord</c><00:16:02.200><c> Jesus</c><00:16:02.620><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:16:04.080><c> this</c><00:16:04.539><c> spiritual</c><00:16:05.039><c> life</c><00:16:05.580><c> is</c><00:16:06.220><c> the</c><00:16:06.440><c> precursor</c><00:16:07.539><c> to</c><00:16:07.879><c> that</c><00:16:08.139><c> life</c>

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in<00:16:09.000><c> the</c><00:16:09.200><c> mercy</c><00:16:09.460><c> of</c><00:16:09.700><c> God</c><00:16:09.879><c> that</c><00:16:10.039><c> will</c><00:16:10.240><c> be</c><00:16:10.460><c> revealed</c><00:16:11.059><c> in</c><00:16:11.559><c> the</c><00:16:11.700><c> future.</c>

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And<00:16:13.220><c> so</c><00:16:13.340><c> we</c><00:16:13.539><c> see</c><00:16:13.700><c> eternal</c><00:16:14.159><c> life</c><00:16:15.039><c> supremely</c><00:16:15.779><c> manifested</c><00:16:16.259><c> in</c>

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the<00:16:16.679><c> Son,</c>

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in<00:16:17.639><c> the</c><00:16:17.759><c> way</c><00:16:17.899><c> that</c><00:16:18.120><c> He</c><00:16:18.340><c> lived,</c>

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and<00:16:19.519><c> in</c><00:16:19.659><c> His</c><00:16:19.960><c> complete</c><00:16:20.440><c> responsiveness</c><00:16:21.419><c> to</c><00:16:21.820><c> the</c><00:16:22.039><c> Father's</c><00:16:22.480><c> will.</c>

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A<00:16:24.480><c> consideration</c><00:16:25.039><c> of</c><00:16:25.320><c> the</c><00:16:25.480><c> Lord</c><00:16:25.700><c> Jesus</c>

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and<00:16:27.019><c> His</c><00:16:27.240><c> obedience</c><00:16:27.740><c> to</c><00:16:27.940><c> His</c><00:16:28.120><c> Father</c>

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should<00:16:29.399><c> give</c><00:16:29.559><c> us</c><00:16:29.820><c> a</c><00:16:29.940><c> new</c><00:16:30.159><c> dimension</c><00:16:30.659><c> in</c><00:16:30.899><c> our</c><00:16:31.080><c> thinking,</c>

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and<00:16:32.399><c> it</c><00:16:32.620><c> is</c><00:16:33.100><c> a</c><00:16:33.500><c> spiritual</c><00:16:34.039><c> dimension.</c>

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And<00:16:41.179><c> so</c><00:16:41.279><c> the</c><00:16:41.519><c> living</c><00:16:41.860><c> can</c><00:16:42.399><c> be</c><00:16:42.620><c> dead,</c>

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and<00:16:44.000><c> the</c><00:16:44.200><c> dead</c><00:16:44.679><c> can</c><00:16:45.360><c> live</c><00:16:45.580><c> again.</c>

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The<00:16:47.340><c> strong,</c><00:16:48.159><c> the</c><00:16:48.379><c> hale,</c><00:16:49.100><c> and</c><00:16:49.279><c> the</c><00:16:49.519><c> hearty</c>

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can<00:16:50.460><c> be</c><00:16:50.759><c> described</c><00:16:51.100><c> as</c><00:16:51.360><c> dead.</c>

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Their<00:16:52.720><c> life</c><00:16:53.059><c> has</c><00:16:53.360><c> gone</c><00:16:53.559><c> out</c><00:16:54.100><c> in</c><00:16:54.539><c> spiritual</c><00:16:55.019><c> terms.</c>

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The<00:16:56.820><c> scriptures</c><00:16:57.139><c> are</c><00:16:57.419><c> full</c><00:16:57.679><c> of</c><00:16:57.899><c> examples</c><00:16:58.299><c> of</c><00:16:58.539><c> this.</c>

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The<00:16:59.539><c> prodigal</c><00:17:00.019><c> son</c><00:17:00.279><c> was</c><00:17:00.600><c> dead,</c>

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but<00:17:02.039><c> he</c><00:17:02.240><c> came</c><00:17:02.500><c> to</c><00:17:02.700><c> life</c><00:17:02.940><c> again.</c>

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And<00:17:04.500><c> it</c><00:17:04.599><c> wasn't</c><00:17:04.940><c> bodily</c><00:17:05.319><c> resurrection,</c>

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but<00:17:07.119><c> it</c><00:17:07.339><c> did</c><00:17:07.559><c> reveal</c><00:17:08.240><c> the</c><00:17:08.660><c> kind</c><00:17:08.980><c> of</c><00:17:09.240><c> life</c><00:17:09.759><c> that</c><00:17:10.180><c> he</c><00:17:10.339><c> had</c><00:17:10.519><c> been</c><00:17:10.799><c> leading.</c>

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It<00:17:12.420><c> was</c><00:17:12.599><c> a</c><00:17:12.779><c> cul</c><00:17:12.980><c>-de</c><00:17:13.119><c>-sac</c>

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filled<00:17:14.400><c> with</c><00:17:14.640><c> all</c><00:17:14.940><c> kinds</c><00:17:15.180><c> of</c><00:17:15.480><c> waste</c><00:17:15.880><c> and</c><00:17:16.380><c> refuse.</c>

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I<00:17:19.160><c> think</c><00:17:19.319><c> you</c><00:17:19.500><c> have</c><00:17:19.640><c> an</c><00:17:19.799><c> even</c><00:17:19.980><c> more</c><00:17:20.200><c> dramatic</c><00:17:20.599><c> term</c><00:17:21.019><c> in</c><00:17:21.220><c> this</c><00:17:21.440><c> country</c>

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for<00:17:22.539><c> our</c><00:17:22.759><c> term</c><00:17:23.000><c> cul</c><00:17:23.299><c>-de</c><00:17:23.460><c>-sac,</c>

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the<00:17:24.480><c> term</c><00:17:25.180><c> dead</c><00:17:25.700><c> end,</c>

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which<00:17:27.200><c> even</c><00:17:27.420><c> more</c><00:17:27.779><c> graphically</c><00:17:28.240><c> represents</c>

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the<00:17:29.519><c> kind</c><00:17:29.779><c> of</c><00:17:30.019><c> life</c><00:17:30.500><c> in</c><00:17:30.880><c> which</c><00:17:31.039><c> the</c><00:17:31.240><c> prodigal</c><00:17:31.599><c> son</c><00:17:31.839><c> was</c><00:17:32.079><c> engaged.</c>

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It<00:17:33.599><c> was</c><00:17:33.779><c> the</c><00:17:34.000><c> terminus</c><00:17:34.359><c> of</c><00:17:34.599><c> life,</c>

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and<00:17:35.619><c> it</c><00:17:35.740><c> was</c><00:17:35.920><c> the</c><00:17:36.180><c> beginning</c><00:17:36.380><c> of</c><00:17:36.660><c> death.</c>

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To<00:17:39.880><c> the</c><00:17:40.079><c> man</c><00:17:40.240><c> with</c><00:17:40.460><c> the</c><00:17:40.599><c> secular</c><00:17:40.960><c> and</c><00:17:41.380><c> the</c><00:17:41.599><c> earthly</c><00:17:42.039><c> interests,</c>

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the<00:17:43.319><c> Lord</c><00:17:43.519><c> Jesus</c><00:17:43.960><c> Christ</c><00:17:44.339><c> said,</c>

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Let<00:17:45.200><c> the</c><00:17:45.440><c> dead</c><00:17:46.059><c> bury</c><00:17:46.480><c> their</c><00:17:46.819><c> dead.</c>

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To<00:17:48.539><c> the</c><00:17:48.720><c> merry</c><00:17:48.880><c> widow,</c>

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in<00:17:50.000><c> 1</c><00:17:50.200><c> Timothy</c><00:17:50.519><c> 5</c><00:17:50.920><c> verse</c><00:17:51.140><c> 6,</c>

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Paul<00:17:52.319><c> proclaims,</c>

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She<00:17:53.980><c> that</c><00:17:54.319><c> liveth</c><00:17:54.539><c> in</c><00:17:54.819><c> pleasure</c>

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is<00:17:56.039><c> dead</c><00:17:56.700><c> while</c><00:17:57.200><c> she</c><00:17:57.480><c> liveth.</c>

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To<00:17:58.779><c> the</c><00:17:59.000><c> Ecclesia</c><00:17:59.339><c> at</c><00:17:59.579><c> Sardis,</c>

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Jesus<00:18:00.980><c> said,</c>

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I<00:18:02.180><c> know</c><00:18:02.460><c> that</c><00:18:02.660><c> there</c><00:18:02.759><c> has</c><00:18:02.980><c> to</c><00:18:03.160><c> name</c><00:18:03.339><c> that</c><00:18:03.539><c> thou</c><00:18:03.799><c> livest,</c>

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and<00:18:05.660><c> art</c><00:18:06.380><c> dead.</c>

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No<00:18:08.160><c> doubt</c><00:18:08.380><c> it</c><00:18:08.460><c> was</c><00:18:08.700><c> a</c><00:18:08.779><c> famous</c><00:18:09.140><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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It<00:18:10.579><c> looked</c><00:18:10.839><c> like</c><00:18:11.140><c> a</c><00:18:11.240><c> temple,</c>

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but<00:18:12.779><c> Jesus</c><00:18:13.140><c> saw</c><00:18:13.539><c> inside.</c>

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And<00:18:15.059><c> what</c><00:18:15.160><c> did</c><00:18:15.380><c> he</c><00:18:15.579><c> see?</c>

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He<00:18:16.980><c> saw</c><00:18:17.299><c> too</c><00:18:17.920><c> a</c><00:18:18.980><c> grave.</c>

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The<00:18:21.400><c> Ecclesia</c><00:18:21.759><c> was</c><00:18:22.079><c> pulsating</c><00:18:22.640><c> with</c><00:18:22.920><c> life.</c>

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It<00:18:23.940><c> was</c><00:18:24.160><c> vibrant.</c>

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It<00:18:25.440><c> was</c><00:18:25.759><c> memorable,</c>

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but<00:18:27.599><c> it</c><00:18:27.700><c> was</c><00:18:27.960><c> spiritually</c><00:18:28.359><c> dead</c>

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in<00:18:29.680><c> the</c><00:18:29.839><c> sight</c><00:18:30.000><c> of</c><00:18:30.279><c> God.</c>

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In<00:18:32.180><c> other</c><00:18:32.400><c> words,</c>

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death<00:18:33.920><c> was</c><00:18:34.440><c> a</c><00:18:34.619><c> quality</c><00:18:34.940><c> of</c><00:18:35.240><c> life.</c>

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It<00:18:36.299><c> was</c><00:18:36.559><c> life</c><00:18:37.019><c> descending.</c>

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It<00:18:38.119><c> was</c><00:18:38.359><c> life</c><00:18:38.799><c> temporal.</c>

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It<00:18:39.839><c> was</c><00:18:40.059><c> life</c><00:18:40.519><c> transient.</c>

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It<00:18:41.559><c> was</c><00:18:41.779><c> life</c><00:18:42.119><c> degenerating.</c>

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It<00:18:43.440><c> was</c><00:18:43.680><c> life</c><00:18:44.079><c> decaying.</c>

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It<00:18:45.180><c> was</c><00:18:45.400><c> a</c><00:18:45.579><c> selfish</c><00:18:45.859><c> life.</c>

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And<00:18:49.160><c> a</c><00:18:49.259><c> selfish</c><00:18:49.579><c> life</c>

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is<00:18:50.880><c> a</c><00:18:50.960><c> self</c><00:18:51.279><c>-indulgent</c><00:18:51.859><c> life.</c>

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And<00:18:53.339><c> a</c><00:18:53.500><c> self</c><00:18:53.680><c>-indulgent</c><00:18:54.279><c> life</c>

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is<00:18:55.859><c> a</c><00:18:56.039><c> wasted</c><00:18:56.339><c> life.</c>

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That,<00:18:58.099><c> my</c><00:18:58.160><c> dear</c><00:18:58.319><c> brethren</c><00:18:58.680><c> and</c><00:18:58.920><c> sisters,</c>

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is<00:19:00.000><c> the</c><00:19:00.160><c> fullness</c><00:19:00.400><c> of</c><00:19:00.660><c> teaching</c><00:19:00.920><c> of</c><00:19:01.140><c> the</c><00:19:01.220><c> Lord</c><00:19:01.420><c> Jesus</c>

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on<00:19:02.579><c> taking</c><00:19:02.960><c> up</c><00:19:03.220><c> the</c><00:19:03.440><c> cross.</c>

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He<00:19:06.319><c> that</c><00:19:06.500><c> seeks</c><00:19:06.900><c> to</c><00:19:07.200><c> save</c><00:19:07.420><c> his</c><00:19:07.740><c> life</c>

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shall<00:19:09.460><c> lose</c><00:19:09.740><c> it.</c>

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But<00:19:12.539><c> the</c><00:19:12.720><c> new</c><00:19:12.940><c> life,</c>

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the<00:19:14.140><c> life</c><00:19:14.400><c> through</c><00:19:14.599><c> the</c><00:19:14.700><c> name</c><00:19:14.920><c> of</c><00:19:15.099><c> the</c><00:19:15.200><c> Lord</c><00:19:15.400><c> Jesus</c><00:19:15.799><c> Christ,</c>

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is<00:19:17.619><c> life</c><00:19:18.140><c> exalting,</c>

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ascending,

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renewing,

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triumphing,

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and<00:19:22.720><c> victorious</c>

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over<00:19:24.059><c> the</c><00:19:24.240><c> forces</c><00:19:24.460><c> of</c><00:19:24.779><c> sin</c><00:19:25.079><c> and</c><00:19:25.539><c> temptation.</c>

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It<00:19:26.900><c> is</c><00:19:27.079><c> life</c><00:19:27.319><c> at</c><00:19:27.460><c> its</c><00:19:27.700><c> highest</c><00:19:28.160><c> and</c><00:19:28.579><c> at</c><00:19:28.759><c> its</c><00:19:29.000><c> best.</c>

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It<00:19:29.920><c> is</c><00:19:30.180><c> life</c><00:19:30.480><c> as</c><00:19:30.700><c> it</c><00:19:30.759><c> was</c><00:19:31.059><c> potentially</c>

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meant<00:19:32.279><c> to</c><00:19:32.559><c> be</c><00:19:32.859><c> in</c><00:19:33.299><c> the</c><00:19:33.500><c> purpose</c><00:19:33.700><c> of</c><00:19:33.960><c> God.</c>

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And<00:19:37.420><c> in</c><00:19:37.660><c> essence,</c><00:19:38.079><c> my</c><00:19:38.099><c> dear</c><00:19:38.299><c> brethren</c><00:19:38.579><c> and</c><00:19:38.799><c> sisters,</c>

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these<00:19:39.799><c> two</c><00:19:40.099><c> kinds</c><00:19:40.440><c> of</c><00:19:40.700><c> life</c><00:19:41.279><c> are</c><00:19:41.700><c> poles</c><00:19:42.000><c> apart.</c>

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For<00:19:43.460><c> that</c><00:19:43.599><c> is</c><00:19:43.779><c> the</c><00:19:43.960><c> implication</c><00:19:44.440><c> of</c><00:19:44.660><c> the</c><00:19:44.779><c> usage</c><00:19:45.019><c> of</c><00:19:45.240><c> these</c><00:19:45.440><c> words</c>

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in<00:19:45.980><c> the</c><00:19:46.119><c> Scriptures.</c>

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Life<00:19:48.140><c> and</c><00:19:48.700><c> death.</c>

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Light<00:19:51.339><c> and</c><00:19:51.900><c> dark.</c>

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And<00:19:53.180><c> so</c><00:19:53.279><c> we</c><00:19:53.380><c> are</c><00:19:53.619><c> related</c><00:19:53.980><c> to</c><00:19:54.240><c> one</c><00:19:54.640><c> or</c><00:19:55.160><c> the</c><00:19:55.359><c> other.</c>

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This<00:19:56.279><c> is</c><00:19:56.420><c> the</c><00:19:56.599><c> implications</c><00:19:57.099><c> of</c><00:19:57.279><c> this</c><00:19:57.440><c> principle.</c>

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Or<00:19:58.380><c> dead</c><00:19:58.799><c> to</c><00:19:59.099><c> sin</c>

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and<00:20:00.119><c> alive</c><00:20:00.539><c> unto</c><00:20:00.779><c> God</c>

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or<00:20:02.099><c> living</c><00:20:02.539><c> and</c><00:20:03.680><c> still</c><00:20:04.119><c> dead.</c>

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And<00:20:08.299><c> there's</c><00:20:08.440><c> one</c><00:20:08.660><c> passage</c><00:20:08.980><c> in</c><00:20:09.240><c> the</c><00:20:09.539><c> Gospel</c><00:20:09.819><c> of</c><00:20:10.019><c> John,</c>

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chapter<00:20:12.339><c> 5,</c>

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which<00:20:14.440><c> will</c><00:20:14.619><c> be</c><00:20:14.799><c> well</c><00:20:15.039><c> known</c><00:20:15.200><c> to</c><00:20:15.400><c> you.</c>

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We<00:20:16.839><c> often</c><00:20:17.160><c> use</c><00:20:17.400><c> it</c><00:20:17.619><c> in</c><00:20:17.859><c> connection</c><00:20:18.220><c> with</c>

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the<00:20:19.839><c> resurrection</c><00:20:20.200><c> of</c><00:20:20.380><c> the</c><00:20:20.480><c> Lord</c><00:20:20.640><c> Jesus</c><00:20:21.019><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:20:23.339><c> the</c><00:20:23.539><c> resurrection</c><00:20:23.940><c> at</c><00:20:24.099><c> the</c><00:20:24.259><c> last</c><00:20:24.500><c> day</c>

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as<00:20:25.900><c> a</c><00:20:26.119><c> proof</c><00:20:26.299><c> text</c>

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to<00:20:27.740><c> encourage</c><00:20:28.039><c> our</c><00:20:28.359><c> friends</c><00:20:28.779><c> towards</c><00:20:29.359><c> this</c><00:20:29.680><c> belief</c>

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in<00:20:30.400><c> the</c><00:20:31.099><c> resurrection</c><00:20:31.559><c> at</c><00:20:31.759><c> the</c><00:20:31.900><c> last</c><00:20:32.180><c> day.</c>

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But<00:20:34.279><c> I</c><00:20:34.400><c> think</c><00:20:34.579><c> perhaps,</c><00:20:34.980><c> as</c><00:20:35.160><c> we</c><00:20:35.279><c> have</c><00:20:35.440><c> noticed,</c>

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there<00:20:36.539><c> is</c><00:20:37.059><c> further</c><00:20:37.359><c> truth</c><00:20:37.900><c> in</c><00:20:38.420><c> these</c><00:20:38.700><c> verses.</c>

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John<00:20:42.180><c> chapter</c><00:20:42.500><c> 5</c>

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and<00:20:44.740><c> verse</c><00:20:45.019><c> 24.</c>

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Verily<00:20:53.279><c> I</c><00:20:53.460><c> say</c><00:20:53.660><c> unto</c><00:20:53.920><c> you,</c>

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he<00:20:55.380><c> that</c><00:20:55.619><c> heareth</c><00:20:55.880><c> my</c><00:20:56.240><c> word</c>

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and<00:20:57.380><c> believeth</c><00:20:57.660><c> on</c><00:20:57.859><c> him</c><00:20:58.099><c> that</c><00:20:58.339><c> sent</c><00:20:58.559><c> me</c>

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hath<00:20:59.579><c> everlasting</c><00:21:00.099><c> life</c>

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and<00:21:01.400><c> shall</c><00:21:01.619><c> not</c><00:21:01.940><c> come</c><00:21:02.160><c> into</c><00:21:02.420><c> condemnation</c>

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but<00:21:03.940><c> is</c><00:21:04.200><c> passed</c><00:21:04.680><c> from</c><00:21:05.099><c> death</c><00:21:05.940><c> unto</c><00:21:06.359><c> life.</c>

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Verily,<00:21:08.819><c> verily</c><00:21:09.059><c> I</c><00:21:09.220><c> say</c><00:21:09.400><c> unto</c><00:21:09.660><c> you,</c>

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the<00:21:10.599><c> hour</c><00:21:10.819><c> is</c><00:21:11.079><c> coming</c><00:21:11.259><c> and</c><00:21:11.460><c> now</c><00:21:11.700><c> is</c>

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when<00:21:12.700><c> the</c><00:21:12.920><c> dead</c><00:21:13.099><c> shall</c><00:21:13.299><c> hear</c><00:21:13.539><c> the</c><00:21:13.740><c> voice</c><00:21:13.980><c> of</c><00:21:14.140><c> the</c><00:21:14.259><c> Son</c><00:21:14.400><c> of</c><00:21:14.619><c> God</c>

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and<00:21:15.839><c> they</c><00:21:16.079><c> that</c><00:21:16.339><c> hear</c>

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shall<00:21:18.000><c> live.</c>

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So<00:21:19.279><c> we</c><00:21:19.579><c> know</c><00:21:20.000><c> certainly</c><00:21:20.960><c> and</c><00:21:21.680><c> unequivocally</c>

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that<00:21:22.940><c> the</c><00:21:23.059><c> Lord</c><00:21:23.259><c> Jesus</c><00:21:23.680><c> Christ</c><00:21:24.000><c> was</c><00:21:24.259><c> talking</c><00:21:24.599><c> about</c><00:21:25.019><c> the</c><00:21:25.220><c> last</c><00:21:25.480><c> day.</c>

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Go<00:21:26.660><c> a</c><00:21:26.740><c> little</c><00:21:26.880><c> further</c><00:21:27.200><c> down.</c>

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Verse<00:21:28.380><c> 28,</c><00:21:29.079><c> Marvel</c><00:21:29.380><c> not</c><00:21:29.640><c> at</c><00:21:29.839><c> this,</c>

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for<00:21:30.700><c> the</c><00:21:30.960><c> hour</c><00:21:31.140><c> is</c><00:21:31.400><c> coming</c><00:21:31.619><c> in</c><00:21:31.880><c> which</c>

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all<00:21:32.819><c> that</c><00:21:32.980><c> are</c><00:21:33.059><c> in</c><00:21:33.160><c> the</c><00:21:33.359><c> grave</c><00:21:33.640><c> shall</c><00:21:33.900><c> hear</c><00:21:34.160><c> his</c><00:21:34.420><c> voice</c>

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and<00:21:35.440><c> shall</c><00:21:35.680><c> come</c><00:21:36.019><c> forth,</c>

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they<00:21:37.160><c> that</c><00:21:37.359><c> have</c><00:21:37.559><c> done</c><00:21:37.839><c> good</c><00:21:38.180><c> unto</c><00:21:38.400><c> the</c><00:21:38.599><c> resurrection</c><00:21:39.019><c> of</c><00:21:39.259><c> life</c>

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and<00:21:40.259><c> they</c><00:21:40.480><c> that</c><00:21:40.680><c> have</c><00:21:40.859><c> done</c><00:21:41.059><c> evil</c>

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unto<00:21:42.140><c> the</c><00:21:42.339><c> resurrection</c><00:21:43.000><c> of</c><00:21:43.640><c> damnation.</c>

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That<00:21:44.759><c> great</c><00:21:45.059><c> picture</c><00:21:45.519><c> of</c><00:21:45.839><c> the</c><00:21:46.420><c> coming</c><00:21:46.559><c> out</c><00:21:46.819><c> of</c><00:21:46.920><c> the</c><00:21:47.140><c> graves</c>

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at<00:21:47.579><c> the</c><00:21:47.740><c> last</c><00:21:47.980><c> day,</c>

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the<00:21:48.960><c> separation</c><00:21:49.539><c> and</c><00:21:49.980><c> the</c><00:21:50.259><c> polarization</c>

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between<00:21:51.640><c> those</c><00:21:51.940><c> who</c><00:21:52.119><c> are</c><00:21:52.299><c> faithful</c><00:21:52.779><c> and</c><00:21:53.200><c> those</c><00:21:53.480><c> who</c><00:21:53.700><c> are</c><00:21:53.880><c> not.</c>

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But<00:21:57.259><c> that's</c><00:21:57.480><c> not</c><00:21:57.680><c> the</c><00:21:57.819><c> only</c><00:21:58.079><c> truth,</c>

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my<00:21:58.539><c> dear</c><00:21:58.720><c> brethren</c><00:21:59.019><c> and</c><00:21:59.259><c> sisters,</c>

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in<00:22:00.339><c> this</c><00:22:00.539><c> passage,</c><00:22:01.099><c> is</c><00:22:01.240><c> it?</c>

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Consider<00:22:03.140><c> again</c><00:22:03.579><c> the</c><00:22:03.740><c> words</c><00:22:04.000><c> in</c><00:22:04.220><c> verse</c><00:22:04.480><c> 25.</c>

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The<00:22:07.099><c> hour</c><00:22:07.660><c> is</c><00:22:08.259><c> coming,</c><00:22:09.079><c> future</c><00:22:09.440><c> tense,</c>

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and<00:22:10.880><c> now</c><00:22:11.640><c> is,</c><00:22:12.839><c> present</c><00:22:13.160><c> tense,</c>

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when<00:22:14.720><c> the</c><00:22:14.960><c> dead</c><00:22:15.220><c> shall</c><00:22:15.500><c> hear</c><00:22:15.779><c> the</c><00:22:16.019><c> voice</c><00:22:16.339><c> of</c><00:22:16.539><c> the</c><00:22:16.660><c> Son</c><00:22:16.839><c> of</c><00:22:17.079><c> God</c>

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and<00:22:18.539><c> they</c><00:22:18.839><c> that</c><00:22:19.140><c> hear</c><00:22:19.880><c> shall</c><00:22:20.880><c> live.</c>

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In<00:22:22.160><c> other</c><00:22:22.279><c> words,</c><00:22:23.299><c> for</c><00:22:23.440><c> the</c><00:22:23.640><c> present</c><00:22:23.940><c> tense</c><00:22:24.220><c> application,</c>

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he<00:22:25.519><c> must</c><00:22:25.759><c> be</c><00:22:26.019><c> talking</c><00:22:26.299><c> about</c><00:22:26.839><c> the</c><00:22:27.220><c> spiritually</c><00:22:27.660><c> dead,</c>

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that<00:22:28.900><c> they</c><00:22:29.279><c> too</c><00:22:29.519><c> can</c><00:22:29.700><c> come</c><00:22:29.900><c> out</c><00:22:30.140><c> of</c><00:22:30.240><c> that</c><00:22:30.480><c> state</c><00:22:30.740><c> of</c><00:22:31.000><c> death</c>

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even<00:22:31.980><c> in</c><00:22:32.220><c> the</c><00:22:32.380><c> present</c><00:22:32.599><c> life</c>

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and<00:22:33.839><c> come</c><00:22:34.039><c> to</c><00:22:34.220><c> a</c><00:22:34.400><c> new</c><00:22:34.599><c> life,</c>

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a<00:22:35.660><c> fullness</c><00:22:35.940><c> of</c><00:22:36.259><c> life,</c>

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based<00:22:37.420><c> upon</c><00:22:37.759><c> the</c><00:22:37.980><c> Lord</c><00:22:38.140><c> Jesus</c><00:22:38.579><c> Christ</c><00:22:39.180><c> and</c><00:22:39.740><c> His</c><00:22:40.039><c> sacrifice.</c>

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And<00:22:45.880><c> there</c><00:22:46.019><c> are</c><00:22:46.099><c> further</c><00:22:46.279><c> passages</c><00:22:46.579><c> which</c><00:22:46.819><c> I'm</c><00:22:46.920><c> not</c><00:22:47.039><c> going</c><00:22:47.180><c> to</c>

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turn<00:22:47.619><c> to,</c>

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which<00:22:48.220><c> I</c><00:22:48.400><c> think</c><00:22:48.579><c> confirm</c><00:22:49.039><c> this,</c>

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1<00:22:49.920><c> Peter</c><00:22:50.140><c> 4</c><00:22:50.539><c> verses</c><00:22:50.799><c> 5</c><00:22:51.140><c> to</c><00:22:51.259><c> 6,</c>

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and<00:22:52.339><c> 1</c><00:22:52.559><c> John</c><00:22:52.779><c> 3</c><00:22:53.640><c> verses</c><00:22:54.039><c> 14</c><00:22:54.859><c> to</c><00:22:55.200><c> 15.</c>

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But<00:22:59.200><c> an</c><00:22:59.400><c> important</c><00:22:59.720><c> question,</c><00:23:00.180><c> my</c><00:23:00.279><c> dear</c><00:23:00.440><c> brethren</c><00:23:00.700><c> and</c><00:23:00.940><c> sisters,</c>

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for<00:23:01.279><c> each</c><00:23:01.440><c> one</c><00:23:01.619><c> of</c><00:23:01.740><c> us</c><00:23:02.000><c> is</c><00:23:02.240><c> this,</c>

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can<00:23:03.539><c> we</c><00:23:03.819><c> determine</c><00:23:04.759><c> to</c><00:23:05.759><c> which</c><00:23:05.920><c> category</c><00:23:06.380><c> we</c><00:23:06.700><c> belong?</c>

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Do<00:23:08.220><c> we</c><00:23:08.519><c> belong</c><00:23:08.940><c> to</c><00:23:09.319><c> the</c><00:23:09.539><c> old</c><00:23:09.859><c> life,</c><00:23:10.680><c> the</c><00:23:11.000><c> spiritually</c><00:23:11.400><c> dead,</c>

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or<00:23:12.859><c> do</c><00:23:13.059><c> we</c><00:23:13.339><c> belong</c><00:23:13.799><c> to</c><00:23:14.539><c> the</c><00:23:14.700><c> new</c><00:23:14.880><c> life,</c>

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those<00:23:16.180><c> who</c><00:23:16.380><c> are</c><00:23:16.680><c> spiritually</c><00:23:17.160><c> alive</c><00:23:18.059><c> in</c><00:23:18.539><c> the</c><00:23:18.720><c> sight</c><00:23:18.880><c> of</c><00:23:19.140><c> God?</c>

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Well,<00:23:20.940><c> I</c><00:23:20.960><c> think</c><00:23:21.119><c> we</c><00:23:21.339><c> can.</c>

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And<00:23:22.420><c> one</c><00:23:22.559><c> very</c><00:23:22.900><c> important</c><00:23:23.299><c> test</c>

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is<00:23:24.519><c> whether</c><00:23:24.700><c> we</c><00:23:24.960><c> see</c><00:23:25.140><c> the</c><00:23:25.460><c> spiritual</c><00:23:25.980><c> beyond</c><00:23:26.539><c> the</c><00:23:26.880><c> material,</c>

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whether<00:23:28.279><c> we</c><00:23:28.539><c> see</c><00:23:28.779><c> those</c><00:23:29.140><c> things</c><00:23:29.400><c> that</c><00:23:29.619><c> are</c><00:23:29.880><c> associated</c><00:23:30.640><c> with</c>

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the<00:23:31.319><c> new</c><00:23:31.500><c> life,</c>

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the<00:23:32.440><c> spiritual</c><00:23:32.900><c> life,</c>

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whether<00:23:34.859><c> we</c><00:23:35.119><c> see</c><00:23:35.619><c> the</c><00:23:36.039><c> spiritual</c><00:23:36.519><c> life</c>

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above<00:23:37.799><c> and</c><00:23:38.319><c> beyond</c><00:23:38.960><c> the</c><00:23:39.559><c> material</c><00:23:39.940><c> life.</c>

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Consider<00:23:44.839><c> the</c><00:23:45.039><c> experience</c><00:23:45.559><c> of</c><00:23:45.759><c> the</c><00:23:45.880><c> Lord</c><00:23:46.059><c> Jesus</c><00:23:46.359><c> Himself.</c>

00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:53.059
Consider<00:23:50.819><c> the</c><00:23:51.059><c> lilies</c><00:23:51.259><c> of</c><00:23:51.440><c> the</c><00:23:51.640><c> field,</c><00:23:51.880><c> He</c><00:23:52.099><c> said.</c>

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How<00:23:53.880><c> they</c><00:23:54.200><c> toil</c><00:23:54.460><c> not,</c><00:23:55.539><c> neither</c><00:23:55.740><c> do</c><00:23:56.000><c> they</c><00:23:56.279><c> spin.</c>

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And<00:23:57.960><c> yet</c><00:23:58.059><c> I</c><00:23:58.259><c> say</c><00:23:58.400><c> unto</c><00:23:58.619><c> you</c><00:23:58.900><c> that</c><00:23:59.059><c> even</c><00:23:59.420><c> Solomon</c><00:23:59.779><c> in</c><00:23:59.980><c> all</c><00:24:00.259><c> his</c><00:24:00.460><c> glory</c>

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was<00:24:01.680><c> not</c><00:24:02.000><c> arrayed</c><00:24:03.259><c> like</c><00:24:03.680><c> one</c><00:24:03.940><c> of</c><00:24:04.220><c> these.</c>

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It<00:24:07.259><c> wasn't</c><00:24:07.559><c> just</c><00:24:07.940><c> decoration</c><00:24:08.619><c> that</c><00:24:09.279><c> the</c><00:24:09.420><c> Lord</c><00:24:09.579><c> Jesus</c><00:24:10.019><c> Christ</c><00:24:10.339><c> saw,</c>

00:24:11.819 --> 00:24:15.460
not<00:24:12.019><c> just</c><00:24:12.299><c> an</c><00:24:12.519><c> ornament</c><00:24:12.980><c> or</c><00:24:13.920><c> a</c><00:24:14.079><c> pretty</c><00:24:14.240><c> picture,</c>

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but<00:24:16.339><c> He</c><00:24:16.500><c> saw</c><00:24:16.960><c> the</c><00:24:17.440><c> purpose</c><00:24:17.740><c> of</c><00:24:17.980><c> God</c><00:24:18.119><c> in</c><00:24:18.319><c> the</c><00:24:18.500><c> past.</c>

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He<00:24:20.359><c> saw</c><00:24:20.559><c> its</c><00:24:20.799><c> connection</c><00:24:21.220><c> with</c><00:24:21.420><c> the</c><00:24:21.579><c> present,</c>

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and<00:24:23.200><c> He</c><00:24:23.400><c> saw</c><00:24:23.759><c> its</c><00:24:24.160><c> application</c><00:24:24.900><c> to</c><00:24:25.640><c> the</c><00:24:25.779><c> life</c><00:24:26.000><c> of</c><00:24:26.200><c> the</c><00:24:26.339><c> disciple.</c>

00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:32.549
Therefore,<00:24:29.940><c> if</c><00:24:30.019><c> God</c><00:24:30.359><c> so</c><00:24:30.759><c> clothe</c><00:24:31.019><c> the</c><00:24:31.180><c> grass</c><00:24:31.359><c> of</c><00:24:31.539><c> the</c><00:24:31.740><c> field,</c>

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shall<00:24:33.880><c> He</c><00:24:34.119><c> not</c><00:24:34.359><c> much</c><00:24:34.720><c> more</c><00:24:36.220><c> clothe</c><00:24:36.700><c> you?</c>

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:47.019
Or<00:24:43.680><c> again,</c><00:24:44.500><c> therefore,</c><00:24:45.660><c> take</c><00:24:45.859><c> no</c><00:24:46.220><c> thought,</c><00:24:46.799><c> saying,</c>

00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:51.359
what<00:24:47.539><c> shall</c><00:24:47.779><c> we</c><00:24:48.019><c> eat</c><00:24:48.700><c> or</c><00:24:49.799><c> what</c><00:24:50.019><c> shall</c><00:24:50.220><c> we</c><00:24:50.440><c> drink?</c>

00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:55.279
Two<00:24:52.160><c> things</c><00:24:52.519><c> that</c><00:24:52.700><c> the</c><00:24:52.819><c> Lord</c><00:24:53.000><c> Jesus</c><00:24:53.420><c> Christ</c><00:24:54.220><c> brought</c><00:24:54.720><c> out</c>

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:57.779
from<00:24:55.599><c> that</c><00:24:55.779><c> observation</c><00:24:56.400><c> of</c><00:24:56.619><c> the</c><00:24:56.779><c> lilies</c><00:24:56.960><c> in</c><00:24:57.160><c> the</c><00:24:57.339><c> field,</c>

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just<00:24:58.440><c> ordinary</c><00:24:58.880><c> flowers.</c>

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But<00:25:01.140><c> His</c><00:25:01.359><c> insight</c><00:25:01.819><c> into</c><00:25:02.200><c> the</c><00:25:02.740><c> spiritual</c><00:25:03.240><c> dimension</c>

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:08.000
associated<00:25:04.779><c> with</c><00:25:05.160><c> those</c><00:25:05.440><c> things</c><00:25:06.119><c> was</c><00:25:06.799><c> related</c>

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in<00:25:08.579><c> teaching</c><00:25:09.019><c> to</c><00:25:09.440><c> the</c><00:25:09.599><c> lives</c><00:25:09.819><c> of</c><00:25:10.019><c> the</c><00:25:10.200><c> disciples.</c>

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So<00:25:13.480><c> my</c><00:25:13.599><c> dear</c><00:25:13.799><c> brethren</c><00:25:14.099><c> and</c><00:25:14.319><c> sisters,</c><00:25:15.740><c> go</c><00:25:15.880><c> out</c><00:25:16.059><c> into</c><00:25:16.220><c> your</c><00:25:16.460><c> gardens,</c>

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go<00:25:18.180><c> out</c><00:25:18.359><c> into</c><00:25:18.539><c> the</c><00:25:18.740><c> fields,</c><00:25:20.359><c> and</c><00:25:20.579><c> consider</c><00:25:21.000><c> this,</c>

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these<00:25:22.380><c> words</c><00:25:22.660><c> of</c><00:25:22.819><c> Jesus.</c>

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Surely<00:25:26.480><c> their</c><00:25:26.799><c> primary</c><00:25:27.240><c> purpose</c><00:25:27.640><c> is</c><00:25:27.900><c> lost,</c>

00:25:29.119 --> 00:25:32.920
the<00:25:29.339><c> flowers,</c><00:25:30.299><c> the</c><00:25:30.519><c> fields,</c><00:25:31.400><c> and</c><00:25:31.599><c> the</c><00:25:31.779><c> gardens,</c>

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if<00:25:33.660><c> they</c><00:25:33.859><c> do</c><00:25:34.099><c> not</c><00:25:34.259><c> remind</c><00:25:34.680><c> you</c><00:25:35.019><c> of</c><00:25:35.079><c> spiritual</c><00:25:35.460><c> things,</c>

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of<00:25:36.740><c> eternal</c><00:25:37.140><c> things,</c><00:25:38.680><c> the</c><00:25:38.900><c> flowers</c><00:25:39.220><c> of</c><00:25:39.400><c> the</c><00:25:39.599><c> field,</c>

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created<00:25:41.640><c> by</c><00:25:43.220><c> the</c><00:25:43.440><c> Father's</c><00:25:43.880><c> hand.</c>

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Consider<00:25:47.859><c> the</c><00:25:48.119><c> flowers</c><00:25:48.380><c> at</c><00:25:48.559><c> a</c><00:25:48.700><c> funeral.</c>

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Their<00:25:52.220><c> freshness</c><00:25:52.759><c> does</c><00:25:52.980><c> not</c><00:25:53.200><c> remain</c><00:25:53.539><c> for</c><00:25:53.799><c> long.</c>

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They<00:25:55.839><c> soon</c><00:25:56.140><c> lose</c><00:25:56.420><c> their</c><00:25:56.680><c> beauty</c><00:25:57.259><c> and</c><00:25:58.380><c> return</c><00:25:58.779><c> to</c><00:25:58.980><c> the</c><00:25:59.180><c> earth.</c>

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And<00:26:02.259><c> they</c><00:26:02.720><c> mirror,</c><00:26:03.099><c> do</c><00:26:03.140><c> they</c><00:26:03.380><c> not,</c>

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:08.400
the<00:26:05.140><c> life</c><00:26:05.359><c> of</c><00:26:05.519><c> the</c><00:26:05.680><c> one</c><00:26:05.839><c> in</c><00:26:06.059><c> whose</c><00:26:06.220><c> memory</c><00:26:06.619><c> they</c><00:26:06.859><c> have</c><00:26:07.019><c> been</c><00:26:07.319><c> given,</c>

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so<00:26:09.160><c> soon</c><00:26:09.539><c> cut</c><00:26:09.859><c> down,</c>

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and<00:26:11.460><c> the</c><00:26:11.680><c> spirit</c><00:26:11.900><c> returns</c><00:26:12.400><c> to</c><00:26:12.660><c> God</c><00:26:12.980><c> who</c><00:26:13.160><c> gave</c><00:26:13.440><c> it,</c>

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the<00:26:16.240><c> transience</c><00:26:16.759><c> of</c><00:26:16.980><c> life.</c>

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Always<00:26:19.440><c> a</c><00:26:19.700><c> reminder</c><00:26:20.200><c> to</c><00:26:21.039><c> we</c><00:26:21.339><c> who</c><00:26:21.599><c> are</c><00:26:21.799><c> living</c>

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:26.579
that<00:26:23.259><c> the</c><00:26:23.500><c> opportunities</c><00:26:24.220><c> are</c><00:26:25.180><c> so</c><00:26:25.720><c> short</c><00:26:26.119><c>-lived</c>

00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:30.200
and<00:26:27.880><c> we</c><00:26:28.119><c> so</c><00:26:28.460><c> soon</c><00:26:28.740><c> pass</c><00:26:29.019><c> away.</c>

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So<00:26:31.519><c> teach</c><00:26:31.740><c> us</c><00:26:32.079><c> to</c><00:26:32.299><c> number</c><00:26:32.500><c> our</c><00:26:32.819><c> days,</c>

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that<00:26:34.380><c> we</c><00:26:34.680><c> may</c><00:26:34.960><c> apply</c><00:26:35.200><c> our</c><00:26:35.559><c> hearts</c><00:26:35.819><c> unto</c><00:26:36.099><c> wisdom,</c>

00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:42.880
that<00:26:38.819><c> we</c><00:26:39.039><c> may</c><00:26:39.299><c> personally</c><00:26:39.960><c> and</c><00:26:40.740><c> individually</c><00:26:41.440><c> search</c><00:26:42.299><c> out</c>

00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:46.460
and<00:26:43.440><c> seek</c><00:26:43.660><c> to</c><00:26:44.000><c> cultivate</c><00:26:44.599><c> the</c><00:26:44.960><c> Christ</c><00:26:45.299><c>-like</c><00:26:45.519><c> life</c>

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while<00:26:47.099><c> there</c><00:26:47.380><c> is</c><00:26:47.599><c> yet</c><00:26:47.839><c> time.</c>

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Jesus<00:26:51.799><c> knew,</c>

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his<00:26:55.339><c> faithful</c><00:26:55.740><c> friend</c><00:26:56.140><c> Lazarus</c><00:26:57.180><c> had</c><00:26:57.839><c> fallen</c><00:26:58.099><c> asleep.</c>

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Behold<00:27:01.660><c> how</c><00:27:02.079><c> he</c><00:27:02.440><c> loved</c><00:27:02.660><c> him,</c><00:27:04.420><c> said</c><00:27:04.519><c> the</c><00:27:04.799><c> Jews.</c>

00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:12.799
But<00:27:08.460><c> the</c><00:27:08.579><c> Lord</c><00:27:08.740><c> Jesus</c><00:27:09.140><c> Christ</c><00:27:10.279><c> saw</c><00:27:10.759><c> beyond</c><00:27:11.420><c> the</c><00:27:11.759><c> raising</c><00:27:12.000><c> of</c><00:27:12.220><c> a</c><00:27:12.400><c> friend.</c>

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:18.599
He<00:27:13.839><c> saw</c><00:27:14.339><c> the</c><00:27:14.839><c> raising</c><00:27:15.099><c> of</c><00:27:15.359><c> all</c><00:27:15.579><c> the</c><00:27:15.799><c> faithful</c><00:27:16.279><c> at</c><00:27:16.880><c> the</c><00:27:17.079><c> last</c><00:27:17.400><c> day.</c>

00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:22.299
And<00:27:20.299><c> so</c><00:27:20.480><c> that</c><00:27:20.759><c> resurrection</c><00:27:21.259><c> of</c><00:27:21.519><c> Lazarus</c>

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:24.980
to<00:27:22.940><c> a</c><00:27:23.259><c> continuance</c><00:27:23.700><c> of</c><00:27:23.960><c> mortal</c><00:27:24.240><c> life</c>

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:28.259
was<00:27:25.599><c> but</c><00:27:25.759><c> a</c><00:27:25.920><c> foretaste,</c><00:27:26.539><c> wasn't</c><00:27:26.680><c> it?</c>

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But<00:27:29.799><c> Martha's</c><00:27:30.240><c> faith</c><00:27:31.220><c> sealed</c><00:27:32.140><c> it,</c>

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both<00:27:33.819><c> the</c><00:27:34.039><c> resurrection</c><00:27:34.480><c> then</c>

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:37.740
and<00:27:36.119><c> the</c><00:27:36.339><c> resurrection</c><00:27:36.740><c> at</c><00:27:36.920><c> the</c><00:27:37.039><c> last</c><00:27:37.299><c> day.</c>

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:40.859
I<00:27:38.619><c> know</c><00:27:39.140><c> that</c><00:27:39.339><c> he</c><00:27:39.559><c> shall</c><00:27:39.779><c> rise</c><00:27:40.140><c> again</c>

00:27:40.859 --> 00:27:45.180
in<00:27:41.579><c> the</c><00:27:41.799><c> resurrection</c><00:27:42.420><c> at</c><00:27:43.579><c> the</c><00:27:43.799><c> last</c><00:27:44.119><c> day.</c>

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:46.859
What<00:27:45.720><c> a</c><00:27:45.900><c> faith</c><00:27:46.059><c> she</c><00:27:46.460><c> had,</c>

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:50.319
not<00:27:47.279><c> only</c><00:27:47.500><c> in</c><00:27:47.640><c> the</c><00:27:47.819><c> purpose</c><00:27:48.099><c> of</c><00:27:48.339><c> God</c><00:27:48.539><c> as</c><00:27:48.660><c> it</c><00:27:48.799><c> had</c><00:27:48.920><c> been</c><00:27:49.200><c> revealed</c><00:27:49.500><c> in</c><00:27:49.660><c> the</c><00:27:49.839><c> past,</c>

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:53.299
but<00:27:50.960><c> the</c><00:27:51.119><c> purpose</c><00:27:51.480><c> of</c><00:27:51.759><c> God</c><00:27:52.000><c> as</c><00:27:52.160><c> it</c><00:27:52.259><c> was</c><00:27:52.539><c> sent</c><00:27:52.700><c> in</c><00:27:52.859><c> the</c><00:27:53.059><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:27:53.740><c> Christ</c>

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who<00:27:54.880><c> was</c><00:27:55.099><c> in</c><00:27:55.220><c> her</c><00:27:55.400><c> very</c><00:27:55.640><c> presence,</c>

00:27:57.799 --> 00:28:01.779
that<00:27:58.140><c> it</c><00:27:58.299><c> was</c><00:27:58.480><c> to</c><00:27:58.660><c> be</c><00:27:58.859><c> indeed</c><00:27:59.359><c> Christ</c><00:27:59.960><c> the</c><00:28:00.319><c> first</c><00:28:00.680><c> fruits</c>

00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:05.920
and<00:28:02.299><c> afterward</c><00:28:02.700><c> they</c><00:28:03.059><c> that</c><00:28:03.259><c> are</c><00:28:03.480><c> Christ</c><00:28:04.099><c> at</c><00:28:04.839><c> his</c><00:28:05.099><c> coming.</c>

00:28:16.119 --> 00:28:17.920
Jesus<00:28:16.640><c> looked</c><00:28:16.940><c> up</c><00:28:17.140><c> to</c><00:28:17.279><c> heaven</c>

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:22.420
and<00:28:18.640><c> saw</c><00:28:18.799><c> the</c><00:28:19.039><c> birds</c><00:28:20.220><c> and</c><00:28:20.819><c> sparrows,</c>

00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:25.579
and<00:28:22.980><c> he</c><00:28:23.160><c> saw</c><00:28:23.359><c> that</c><00:28:23.599><c> not</c><00:28:23.779><c> one</c><00:28:23.960><c> of</c><00:28:24.079><c> them</c><00:28:24.200><c> fell</c><00:28:24.460><c> to</c><00:28:24.640><c> the</c><00:28:24.819><c> ground</c>

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:29.160
unnoticed<00:28:26.619><c> by</c><00:28:27.000><c> his</c><00:28:27.240><c> Father</c><00:28:27.500><c> in</c><00:28:27.740><c> heaven.</c>

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:34.700
And<00:28:30.460><c> from</c><00:28:30.579><c> the</c><00:28:30.799><c> sparrows</c><00:28:31.720><c> he</c><00:28:32.779><c> considers</c><00:28:33.240><c> ourselves,</c>

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:37.720
that<00:28:36.099><c> all</c><00:28:36.440><c> the</c><00:28:36.660><c> hairs</c><00:28:36.839><c> of</c><00:28:37.099><c> our</c><00:28:37.359><c> head</c>

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:40.079
are<00:28:38.740><c> numbered,</c>

00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:44.200
and<00:28:41.480><c> we</c><00:28:41.660><c> are</c><00:28:41.839><c> of</c><00:28:42.000><c> more</c><00:28:42.200><c> value</c><00:28:42.559><c> than</c><00:28:42.720><c> many</c><00:28:43.039><c> sparrows.</c>

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:47.980
He<00:28:45.559><c> saw</c><00:28:45.660><c> the</c><00:28:45.920><c> children</c><00:28:46.240><c> playing</c><00:28:46.559><c> in</c><00:28:46.779><c> the</c><00:28:47.000><c> streets,</c>

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:50.200
and<00:28:48.640><c> what</c><00:28:48.759><c> did</c><00:28:48.920><c> he</c><00:28:49.140><c> see?</c>

00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:52.460
Not<00:28:51.380><c> just</c><00:28:51.619><c> their</c><00:28:51.900><c> games</c>

00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:55.579
and<00:28:53.099><c> their</c><00:28:53.299><c> joyful</c><00:28:53.680><c> association</c><00:28:54.420><c> together,</c>

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:58.700
but<00:28:56.240><c> he</c><00:28:56.420><c> saw</c><00:28:56.640><c> their</c><00:28:57.160><c> angels</c><00:28:57.599><c> in</c><00:28:57.839><c> heaven.</c>

00:28:59.240 --> 00:29:01.460
Their<00:28:59.619><c> angels</c><00:29:00.000><c> do</c><00:29:00.299><c> always</c><00:29:00.720><c> behold</c>

00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:05.539
the<00:29:02.059><c> face</c><00:29:02.299><c> of</c><00:29:02.539><c> my</c><00:29:02.740><c> Father</c><00:29:03.359><c> which</c><00:29:04.140><c> is</c><00:29:04.380><c> in</c><00:29:04.559><c> heaven.</c>

00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:09.059
He<00:29:07.799><c> saw</c><00:29:08.079><c> a</c><00:29:08.259><c> man</c><00:29:08.400><c> and</c><00:29:08.579><c> a</c><00:29:08.720><c> wife,</c>

00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:11.579
and<00:29:10.019><c> what</c><00:29:10.160><c> did</c><00:29:10.299><c> he</c><00:29:10.500><c> see?</c>

00:29:12.099 --> 00:29:15.079
He<00:29:12.380><c> saw</c><00:29:12.960><c> in</c><00:29:13.660><c> the</c><00:29:13.880><c> beginning,</c>

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:22.359
and<00:29:17.160><c> he</c><00:29:17.380><c> saw</c><00:29:17.640><c> also</c><00:29:19.160><c> Christ</c><00:29:20.000><c> and</c><00:29:21.259><c> the</c><00:29:21.460><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:23.799
We<00:29:22.680><c> know</c><00:29:22.880><c> that</c><00:29:23.099><c> he</c><00:29:23.259><c> did,</c>

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:26.519
because<00:29:24.400><c> the</c><00:29:24.619><c> Apostle</c><00:29:24.960><c> Paul</c><00:29:25.160><c> later</c><00:29:25.500><c> proclaims</c><00:29:26.079><c> this</c>

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:30.599
as<00:29:26.859><c> a</c><00:29:27.039><c> teaching</c><00:29:27.420><c> and</c><00:29:27.859><c> as</c><00:29:28.019><c> a</c><00:29:28.140><c> doctrine</c><00:29:28.619><c> to</c><00:29:29.140><c> the</c><00:29:29.359><c> Ephesians.</c>

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:36.000
And<00:29:35.200><c> the</c><00:29:35.299><c> Epistle</c><00:29:35.519><c> of</c><00:29:35.680><c> James,</c>

00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:38.339
when<00:29:36.279><c> considering</c><00:29:36.660><c> the</c><00:29:36.880><c> principle</c><00:29:37.200><c> of</c><00:29:37.420><c> giving,</c>

00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:41.839
invites<00:29:39.079><c> us</c><00:29:39.279><c> to</c><00:29:39.480><c> consider</c><00:29:40.000><c> our</c><00:29:40.559><c> gifts,</c>

00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:44.299
gracious<00:29:42.359><c> though</c><00:29:42.740><c> they</c><00:29:42.960><c> may</c><00:29:43.259><c> be,</c>

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:46.579
as<00:29:44.740><c> but</c><00:29:44.960><c> temporal</c><00:29:45.279><c> things,</c>

00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:50.039
and<00:29:47.299><c> that</c><00:29:47.539><c> every</c><00:29:48.079><c> good</c><00:29:48.339><c> and</c><00:29:48.720><c> perfect</c><00:29:49.160><c> gift</c>

00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:52.099
cometh<00:29:50.480><c> down</c><00:29:50.819><c> from</c><00:29:51.059><c> above,</c>

00:29:52.119 --> 00:29:53.619
from<00:29:52.299><c> the</c><00:29:52.519><c> Father</c><00:29:52.740><c> of</c><00:29:52.920><c> lights,</c>

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:55.960
with<00:29:54.079><c> whom</c><00:29:54.240><c> is</c><00:29:54.440><c> no</c><00:29:54.759><c> variableness,</c>

00:29:56.619 --> 00:29:58.039
nor<00:29:56.759><c> shadow</c><00:29:57.079><c> of</c><00:29:57.299><c> turning.</c>

00:29:59.220 --> 00:30:01.420
And<00:30:00.019><c> in</c><00:30:00.160><c> all</c><00:30:00.380><c> these</c><00:30:00.700><c> simple</c><00:30:01.079><c> things,</c>

00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:02.819
my<00:30:01.660><c> dear</c><00:30:01.839><c> brethren</c><00:30:02.119><c> and</c><00:30:02.420><c> sisters,</c>

00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:04.700
these<00:30:03.480><c> temporal</c><00:30:03.900><c> things</c>

00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:06.700
and<00:30:05.140><c> these</c><00:30:05.539><c> transient</c><00:30:05.960><c> things,</c>

00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:08.579
we<00:30:07.240><c> are</c><00:30:07.519><c> invited,</c>

00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:10.180
we<00:30:09.180><c> are</c><00:30:09.460><c> encouraged,</c>

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:14.019
we<00:30:10.740><c> are</c><00:30:11.019><c> commanded</c><00:30:11.619><c> to</c><00:30:12.559><c> see</c><00:30:12.839><c> behind</c><00:30:13.299><c> them</c>

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:16.319
the<00:30:14.420><c> fundamental</c><00:30:14.940><c> and</c><00:30:15.259><c> spiritual</c><00:30:15.680><c> things</c>

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:18.619
of<00:30:16.880><c> the</c><00:30:17.039><c> purpose</c><00:30:17.299><c> of</c><00:30:17.579><c> God.</c>

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:23.839
The<00:30:20.920><c> Lord</c><00:30:21.039><c> Jesus</c><00:30:21.420><c> always</c><00:30:22.339><c> saw</c><00:30:22.819><c> eternal</c><00:30:23.440><c> things</c>

00:30:24.180 --> 00:30:26.279
beyond<00:30:24.880><c> temporal</c><00:30:25.500><c> things.</c>

00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:29.240
For<00:30:27.200><c> his</c><00:30:27.420><c> mind</c><00:30:27.700><c> was</c><00:30:27.960><c> in</c><00:30:28.160><c> tune</c><00:30:28.339><c> with</c><00:30:28.519><c> the</c><00:30:28.819><c> eternal.</c>

00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:31.160
He<00:30:30.000><c> seemed</c><00:30:30.299><c> to</c><00:30:30.500><c> have</c><00:30:30.640><c> nothing</c>

00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:33.579
by<00:30:31.660><c> the</c><00:30:31.880><c> standards</c><00:30:32.140><c> of</c><00:30:32.339><c> the</c><00:30:32.539><c> world,</c>

00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:35.660
and<00:30:33.779><c> yet</c><00:30:33.900><c> we</c><00:30:34.099><c> know</c><00:30:34.279><c> he</c><00:30:34.440><c> had</c><00:30:34.640><c> everything.</c>

00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:41.359
What<00:30:39.259><c> about</c><00:30:39.539><c> the</c><00:30:39.700><c> opposite</c><00:30:40.000><c> kind</c><00:30:40.339><c> of</c><00:30:40.539><c> life?</c>

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:43.779
The<00:30:42.500><c> old</c><00:30:42.799><c> life.</c>

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:47.599
Those<00:30:45.119><c> who</c><00:30:45.259><c> can</c><00:30:45.480><c> so</c><00:30:45.680><c> easily</c><00:30:45.960><c> be</c><00:30:46.279><c> spiritually</c><00:30:46.660><c> dead.</c>

00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:51.500
Well,<00:30:49.039><c> we</c><00:30:49.140><c> know</c><00:30:49.339><c> there</c><00:30:49.519><c> are</c><00:30:49.779><c> examples</c><00:30:50.180><c> in</c><00:30:50.440><c> Scripture,</c>

00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:54.720
and<00:30:53.000><c> in</c><00:30:53.099><c> giving</c><00:30:53.240><c> this</c><00:30:53.500><c> example</c><00:30:53.859><c> to</c><00:30:54.160><c> you,</c>

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:57.079
we<00:30:55.380><c> do</c><00:30:55.599><c> not</c><00:30:55.779><c> in</c><00:30:55.920><c> any</c><00:30:56.119><c> way</c><00:30:56.259><c> wish</c><00:30:56.480><c> to</c><00:30:56.759><c> imply</c>

00:30:57.079 --> 00:31:00.259
that<00:30:57.339><c> we</c><00:30:57.539><c> look</c><00:30:57.720><c> down</c><00:30:58.039><c> upon</c><00:30:58.279><c> them</c><00:30:58.599><c> from</c><00:30:58.799><c> a</c><00:30:58.980><c> great</c><00:30:59.200><c> height,</c>

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:04.140
as<00:31:01.180><c> if</c><00:31:01.339><c> we</c><00:31:01.519><c> in</c><00:31:01.680><c> any</c><00:31:01.900><c> way</c><00:31:02.079><c> are</c><00:31:02.500><c> more</c><00:31:02.819><c> superior,</c>

00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:07.559
more<00:31:05.140><c> developed</c><00:31:05.539><c> in</c><00:31:05.759><c> our</c><00:31:05.920><c> Christ</c><00:31:06.200><c>-like</c><00:31:06.400><c> life,</c>

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:09.759
but<00:31:08.319><c> merely</c><00:31:08.539><c> as</c><00:31:08.700><c> a</c><00:31:08.839><c> warning</c>

00:31:09.900 --> 00:31:13.059
that<00:31:10.339><c> has</c><00:31:10.500><c> been</c><00:31:10.740><c> given</c><00:31:10.920><c> to</c><00:31:11.119><c> us</c><00:31:11.319><c> in</c><00:31:11.480><c> the</c><00:31:11.619><c> Word</c><00:31:11.740><c> of</c><00:31:11.960><c> God.</c>

00:31:13.900 --> 00:31:15.880
There<00:31:14.140><c> was</c><00:31:14.279><c> the</c><00:31:14.460><c> opposite</c><00:31:14.740><c> kind</c><00:31:15.079><c> of</c><00:31:15.279><c> life</c>

00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:18.779
in<00:31:16.380><c> certain</c><00:31:16.559><c> of</c><00:31:16.740><c> the</c><00:31:16.900><c> brethren</c><00:31:17.140><c> and</c><00:31:17.400><c> sisters</c><00:31:17.599><c> in</c><00:31:17.900><c> Corinth,</c>

00:31:19.660 --> 00:31:21.019
who<00:31:19.859><c> indulged</c><00:31:20.259><c> themselves,</c>

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:22.900
who<00:31:21.480><c> pursued</c><00:31:21.880><c> private</c><00:31:22.319><c> goals,</c>

00:31:22.900 --> 00:31:24.839
who<00:31:23.559><c> neglected</c><00:31:24.039><c> their</c><00:31:24.380><c> brother,</c>

00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:28.759
or<00:31:25.279><c> even</c><00:31:25.579><c> worse,</c><00:31:26.680><c> would</c><00:31:26.799><c> attempt</c><00:31:27.059><c> to</c><00:31:27.319><c> take</c><00:31:27.460><c> him</c><00:31:27.660><c> to</c><00:31:27.880><c> law.</c>

00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:32.880
They<00:31:30.180><c> pursued</c><00:31:30.740><c> a</c><00:31:31.240><c> course</c><00:31:31.440><c> of</c><00:31:31.759><c> self</c><00:31:32.039><c>-aggrandizement.</c>

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:35.619
I<00:31:33.539><c> have</c><00:31:33.720><c> better</c><00:31:34.019><c> gifts</c><00:31:34.339><c> than</c><00:31:34.539><c> you.</c>

00:31:35.880 --> 00:31:38.660
They<00:31:36.119><c> got</c><00:31:36.319><c> involved</c><00:31:36.720><c> in</c><00:31:37.019><c> parties</c><00:31:37.500><c> and</c><00:31:38.140><c> in</c><00:31:38.319><c> factions.</c>

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:41.640
They<00:31:39.359><c> fell</c><00:31:39.599><c> prey</c><00:31:39.900><c> to</c><00:31:40.299><c> immorality.</c>

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:44.119
Eat<00:31:41.960><c> what</c><00:31:42.140><c> you</c><00:31:42.440><c> like,</c><00:31:43.000><c> think</c><00:31:43.259><c> what</c><00:31:43.480><c> you</c><00:31:43.759><c> like,</c>

00:31:44.380 --> 00:31:47.140
do<00:31:44.579><c> what</c><00:31:44.819><c> you</c><00:31:45.099><c> like,</c><00:31:45.660><c> and</c><00:31:45.900><c> be</c><00:31:46.079><c> what</c><00:31:46.299><c> you</c><00:31:46.599><c> like.</c>

00:31:47.140 --> 00:31:53.019
And<00:31:48.059><c> it</c><00:31:48.160><c> was</c><00:31:48.440><c> all</c><00:31:49.400><c> centered</c><00:31:50.160><c> in</c><00:31:50.700><c> a</c><00:31:50.940><c> temporal</c><00:31:51.279><c> kind</c><00:31:51.640><c> of</c><00:31:51.960><c> existence.</c>

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:57.119
Eat,<00:31:54.000><c> drink,</c><00:31:54.880><c> and</c><00:31:55.079><c> be</c><00:31:55.279><c> merry,</c><00:31:55.960><c> almost.</c>

00:31:58.640 --> 00:32:03.059
So<00:31:59.000><c> preoccupied</c><00:31:59.819><c> with</c><00:32:00.099><c> today</c><00:32:00.660><c> and</c><00:32:01.519><c> today's</c><00:32:02.140><c> experiences</c>

00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:06.000
and<00:32:03.920><c> today's</c><00:32:04.559><c> temporal</c><00:32:04.880><c> life</c>

00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:09.900
that<00:32:06.259><c> they</c><00:32:06.519><c> forgot</c><00:32:06.859><c> to</c><00:32:07.119><c> look</c><00:32:07.380><c> beyond</c><00:32:08.039><c> to</c><00:32:08.759><c> the</c><00:32:08.960><c> spiritual.</c>

00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:14.940
The<00:32:13.359><c> rich</c><00:32:13.579><c> young</c><00:32:13.779><c> ruler</c><00:32:14.000><c> came</c><00:32:14.279><c> to</c><00:32:14.440><c> Jesus.</c>

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:18.059
One<00:32:15.880><c> thing</c><00:32:16.140><c> thou</c><00:32:16.460><c> lackest,</c><00:32:16.819><c> he</c><00:32:17.039><c> said.</c>

00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:21.420
Sell<00:32:18.519><c> all</c><00:32:18.700><c> that</c><00:32:18.819><c> thou</c><00:32:19.019><c> hast</c><00:32:19.420><c> and</c><00:32:19.640><c> distribute</c><00:32:20.119><c> unto</c><00:32:20.339><c> the</c><00:32:20.579><c> poor,</c>

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:24.359
and<00:32:21.599><c> thou</c><00:32:21.759><c> shalt</c><00:32:21.980><c> have</c><00:32:22.319><c> treasure</c><00:32:22.799><c> in</c><00:32:23.480><c> heaven.</c>

00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:27.720
And<00:32:24.980><c> come,</c><00:32:26.240><c> follow</c><00:32:26.660><c> me.</c>

00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:29.960
And<00:32:28.420><c> so</c><00:32:28.579><c> it's</c><00:32:29.019><c> got</c><00:32:29.160><c> to</c><00:32:29.440><c> be</c>

00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:33.259
treasure<00:32:30.380><c> on</c><00:32:30.720><c> earth</c><00:32:31.059><c> or</c><00:32:31.779><c> treasure</c><00:32:32.160><c> in</c><00:32:32.420><c> heaven.</c>

00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:34.759
That<00:32:33.539><c> was</c><00:32:33.759><c> the</c><00:32:33.980><c> choice</c><00:32:34.200><c> then,</c>

00:32:35.059 --> 00:32:36.859
and<00:32:35.220><c> it's</c><00:32:35.420><c> the</c><00:32:35.640><c> choice</c><00:32:35.880><c> today.</c>

00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:40.880
It's<00:32:37.740><c> one</c><00:32:38.160><c> or</c><00:32:38.579><c> the</c><00:32:38.799><c> other</c><00:32:39.259><c> in</c><00:32:39.759><c> the</c><00:32:39.980><c> end.</c>

00:32:41.140 --> 00:32:42.079
Not<00:32:41.299><c> a</c><00:32:41.440><c> little</c><00:32:41.579><c> of</c><00:32:41.759><c> each,</c>

00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:44.880
mixed<00:32:42.759><c> until</c><00:32:43.099><c> the</c><00:32:43.460><c> blend</c><00:32:43.740><c> is</c><00:32:44.079><c> just</c><00:32:44.420><c> right.</c>

00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:47.140
It's<00:32:45.619><c> not</c><00:32:45.799><c> the</c><00:32:46.119><c> blend</c><00:32:46.339><c> that</c><00:32:46.720><c> counts.</c>

00:32:47.380 --> 00:32:50.680
It's<00:32:47.779><c> the</c><00:32:48.019><c> end,</c><00:32:48.759><c> the</c><00:32:49.000><c> goal,</c><00:32:49.779><c> the</c><00:32:50.000><c> destination.</c>

00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:52.119
For<00:32:51.319><c> Jesus</c><00:32:51.720><c> said,</c>

00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:54.180
Where<00:32:52.680><c> your</c><00:32:53.079><c> treasure</c><00:32:53.400><c> is,</c>

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:57.859
there<00:32:54.779><c> will</c><00:32:55.039><c> your</c><00:32:55.380><c> heart</c><00:32:55.720><c> be</c><00:32:56.359><c> also.</c>

00:32:58.119 --> 00:33:00.519
Along<00:32:58.359><c> that</c><00:32:58.619><c> central</c><00:32:59.000><c> axis</c><00:32:59.400><c> of</c><00:32:59.619><c> our</c><00:32:59.960><c> existence,</c>

00:33:00.859 --> 00:33:05.480
the<00:33:01.000><c> heart,</c><00:33:01.880><c> its</c><00:33:02.059><c> affections,</c><00:33:03.019><c> its</c><00:33:03.259><c> desires,</c><00:33:04.480><c> its</c><00:33:04.680><c> objectives,</c>

00:33:05.839 --> 00:33:08.220
the<00:33:06.099><c> final</c><00:33:06.420><c> issue</c><00:33:06.740><c> will</c><00:33:06.960><c> be</c><00:33:07.180><c> decided.</c>

00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:10.339
Where<00:33:09.000><c> is</c><00:33:09.220><c> our</c><00:33:09.420><c> treasure?</c>

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:13.119
My<00:33:11.039><c> beloved</c><00:33:11.380><c> brethren</c><00:33:11.759><c> and</c><00:33:12.019><c> sisters,</c>

00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:17.240
for<00:33:14.279><c> the</c><00:33:14.500><c> heart</c><00:33:14.819><c> cannot</c><00:33:15.180><c> be</c><00:33:15.440><c> in</c><00:33:15.539><c> two</c><00:33:15.759><c> places</c><00:33:16.059><c> at</c><00:33:16.299><c> once.</c>

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:18.319
For<00:33:17.700><c> Jesus</c><00:33:18.000><c> says,</c>

00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:21.220
It<00:33:18.440><c> would</c><00:33:18.599><c> be</c><00:33:18.839><c> like</c><00:33:19.039><c> trying</c><00:33:19.279><c> to</c><00:33:19.579><c> serve</c><00:33:19.880><c> two</c><00:33:20.160><c> masters.</c>

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:24.180
You<00:33:21.720><c> will</c><00:33:21.859><c> either</c><00:33:22.039><c> love</c><00:33:22.319><c> the</c><00:33:22.500><c> one</c><00:33:22.920><c> and</c><00:33:23.299><c> hate</c><00:33:23.519><c> the</c><00:33:23.779><c> other,</c>

00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:27.539
or<00:33:24.799><c> hate</c><00:33:24.980><c> the</c><00:33:25.200><c> one</c><00:33:25.599><c> and</c><00:33:26.220><c> love</c><00:33:26.440><c> the</c><00:33:26.680><c> other.</c>

00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:32.279
It<00:33:28.619><c> would</c><00:33:28.779><c> be</c><00:33:28.960><c> like</c><00:33:29.119><c> a</c><00:33:29.299><c> city</c><00:33:29.839><c> divided</c><00:33:30.720><c> against</c><00:33:31.160><c> itself.</c>

00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:34.480
It<00:33:32.539><c> would</c><00:33:32.740><c> not</c><00:33:32.940><c> be</c><00:33:33.140><c> able</c><00:33:33.299><c> to</c><00:33:33.599><c> stand.</c>

00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:37.579
It's<00:33:35.160><c> treasure</c><00:33:35.440><c> in</c><00:33:35.680><c> heaven</c><00:33:36.079><c> or</c><00:33:36.640><c> treasure</c><00:33:36.940><c> on</c><00:33:37.220><c> earth.</c>

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:42.539
It's<00:33:38.579><c> life</c><00:33:38.880><c> through</c><00:33:39.160><c> his</c><00:33:39.480><c> name</c><00:33:40.019><c> or</c><00:33:40.440><c> life</c><00:33:40.880><c> against</c><00:33:41.299><c> his</c><00:33:41.599><c> name.</c>

00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:47.920
It's<00:33:43.680><c> the</c><00:33:43.859><c> new</c><00:33:44.039><c> life,</c><00:33:45.900><c> the</c><00:33:46.180><c> spiritual</c><00:33:46.579><c> life.</c>

00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:51.960
Or<00:33:49.359><c> it's</c><00:33:49.599><c> the</c><00:33:49.819><c> old</c><00:33:50.119><c> life</c><00:33:50.539><c> dressed</c><00:33:50.940><c> up.</c>

00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:56.859
It's<00:33:52.619><c> the</c><00:33:52.819><c> old</c><00:33:53.119><c> life</c><00:33:53.519><c> masquerading</c><00:33:54.519><c> as</c><00:33:55.420><c> the</c><00:33:55.599><c> new</c><00:33:55.799><c> life.</c>

00:33:57.740 --> 00:34:01.619
He<00:33:57.980><c> that</c><00:33:58.119><c> is</c><00:33:58.279><c> not</c><00:33:58.480><c> with</c><00:33:58.720><c> me,</c><00:33:59.019><c> said</c><00:33:59.140><c> Jesus,</c><00:34:00.259><c> is</c><00:34:00.380><c> against</c><00:34:00.759><c> me.</c>

00:34:01.940 --> 00:34:05.720
And<00:34:02.099><c> he</c><00:34:02.299><c> that</c><00:34:02.539><c> gathereth</c><00:34:02.880><c> not</c><00:34:03.119><c> with</c><00:34:03.380><c> me</c><00:34:04.119><c> scattereth</c><00:34:04.720><c> abroad.</c>

00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:12.059
It's<00:34:07.299><c> life</c><00:34:07.579><c> abundant</c><00:34:08.280><c> or</c><00:34:09.280><c> it's</c><00:34:09.559><c> life</c><00:34:10.320><c> descended</c><00:34:10.840><c> to</c><00:34:11.099><c> the</c><00:34:11.280><c> dust</c>

00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:14.219
from<00:34:12.599><c> which</c><00:34:12.760><c> we</c><00:34:13.039><c> came.</c>

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:22.360
The<00:34:21.099><c> Apostle</c><00:34:21.440><c> Peter</c><00:34:21.659><c> reminds</c><00:34:22.059><c> us</c>

00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:25.780
that<00:34:23.260><c> we</c><00:34:23.400><c> do</c><00:34:23.619><c> indeed</c><00:34:23.940><c> have</c><00:34:24.179><c> a</c><00:34:24.440><c> lively</c><00:34:24.719><c> hope.</c>

00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:29.719
Blessed<00:34:26.280><c> be</c><00:34:26.539><c> the</c><00:34:26.739><c> God</c><00:34:26.960><c> and</c><00:34:27.239><c> Father</c><00:34:27.599><c> of</c><00:34:27.820><c> our</c><00:34:28.019><c> Lord</c><00:34:28.219><c> Jesus</c><00:34:28.599><c> Christ,</c>

00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:32.179
which<00:34:29.980><c> according</c><00:34:30.480><c> to</c><00:34:30.679><c> his</c><00:34:30.880><c> abundant</c><00:34:31.280><c> mercy</c>

00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:35.780
hath<00:34:32.579><c> begotten</c><00:34:33.019><c> us</c><00:34:33.179><c> again</c><00:34:34.039><c> unto</c><00:34:34.460><c> a</c><00:34:34.800><c> lively</c><00:34:35.199><c> hope</c>

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:41.320
by<00:34:36.579><c> the</c><00:34:37.280><c> resurrection</c><00:34:37.840><c> of</c><00:34:38.079><c> Jesus</c><00:34:38.559><c> Christ</c><00:34:39.300><c> from</c><00:34:40.179><c> the</c><00:34:40.400><c> dead.</c>

00:34:41.860 --> 00:34:43.699
This<00:34:42.099><c> surely,</c><00:34:42.579><c> my</c><00:34:42.579><c> dear</c><00:34:42.780><c> brethren</c><00:34:43.119><c> and</c><00:34:43.239><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:46.139
should<00:34:44.219><c> be</c><00:34:44.440><c> a</c><00:34:44.559><c> great</c><00:34:44.820><c> motivating</c><00:34:45.500><c> force</c>

00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:49.280
in<00:34:46.780><c> our</c><00:34:47.219><c> lives</c><00:34:48.159><c> of</c><00:34:48.480><c> discipleship.</c>

00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:53.360
The<00:34:50.099><c> lively</c><00:34:50.440><c> hope</c><00:34:51.000><c> pointing</c><00:34:51.820><c> us</c><00:34:52.139><c> to</c><00:34:52.400><c> an</c><00:34:52.619><c> inheritance</c>

00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:56.179
incorruptible<00:34:54.699><c> and</c><00:34:55.199><c> undefiled,</c>

00:34:56.179 --> 00:35:01.880
and<00:34:56.639><c> that</c><00:34:56.920><c> fadeth</c><00:34:57.239><c> not</c><00:34:57.539><c> away</c><00:34:58.179><c> reserved</c><00:34:59.119><c> in</c><00:34:59.460><c> heaven</c><00:34:59.880><c> for</c><00:35:00.780><c> you.</c>

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:04.880
And<00:35:02.699><c> we</c><00:35:02.840><c> remember</c><00:35:03.400><c> in</c><00:35:03.980><c> our</c><00:35:04.280><c> association</c>

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:07.099
with<00:35:05.099><c> the</c><00:35:05.260><c> sacrifice</c><00:35:05.699><c> of</c><00:35:05.920><c> Christ</c>

00:35:07.179 --> 00:35:09.820
in<00:35:07.500><c> a</c><00:35:07.679><c> sense</c><00:35:07.860><c> a</c><00:35:08.119><c> foretaste</c><00:35:08.619><c> of</c><00:35:08.840><c> these</c><00:35:09.079><c> things.</c>

00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:14.900
For<00:35:10.480><c> we</c><00:35:10.739><c> were</c><00:35:11.019><c> not</c><00:35:11.340><c> redeemed</c><00:35:12.300><c> with</c><00:35:13.280><c> corruptible</c><00:35:14.099><c> things</c>

00:35:14.900 --> 00:35:17.739
such<00:35:15.960><c> as</c><00:35:16.159><c> silver</c><00:35:16.440><c> and</c><00:35:16.699><c> gold,</c>

00:35:17.780 --> 00:35:20.679
but<00:35:18.440><c> with</c><00:35:18.659><c> the</c><00:35:18.860><c> precious</c><00:35:19.179><c> blood</c><00:35:19.400><c> of</c><00:35:19.599><c> Christ.</c>

00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:23.179
And<00:35:21.260><c> the</c><00:35:21.380><c> very</c><00:35:21.599><c> act</c><00:35:21.820><c> of</c><00:35:22.039><c> partaking</c>

00:35:23.179 --> 00:35:28.059
should<00:35:23.619><c> remind</c><00:35:24.039><c> us</c><00:35:24.300><c> of</c><00:35:24.639><c> the</c><00:35:25.539><c> inheritance</c><00:35:26.019><c> that</c><00:35:26.280><c> is</c><00:35:26.460><c> yet</c><00:35:26.639><c> to</c><00:35:26.900><c> be,</c>

00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:32.679
the<00:35:28.679><c> inheritance</c><00:35:29.019><c> that</c><00:35:29.260><c> is</c><00:35:29.539><c> incorruptible</c><00:35:30.480><c> and</c><00:35:31.380><c> undefiled,</c>

00:35:33.260 --> 00:35:38.940
that<00:35:33.519><c> we</c><00:35:34.079><c> eat</c><00:35:34.400><c> this</c><00:35:34.659><c> bread</c><00:35:35.079><c> and</c><00:35:35.940><c> drink</c><00:35:36.300><c> this</c><00:35:36.659><c> cup</c><00:35:37.159><c> until</c><00:35:38.440><c> he</c><00:35:38.780><c> come.</c>

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:41.400
Just<00:35:39.159><c> a</c><00:35:39.280><c> little</c><00:35:39.480><c> word,</c><00:35:39.780><c> the</c><00:35:39.940><c> word</c><00:35:40.139><c> until,</c>

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:44.699
but<00:35:41.559><c> invites</c><00:35:41.840><c> us</c><00:35:42.039><c> to</c><00:35:42.239><c> cast</c><00:35:42.400><c> our</c><00:35:42.699><c> minds</c><00:35:42.920><c> back</c><00:35:43.199><c> across</c><00:35:43.480><c> the</c><00:35:43.699><c> ages</c>

00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:47.460
to<00:35:45.380><c> consider</c><00:35:45.699><c> the</c><00:35:45.980><c> present</c><00:35:46.199><c> in</c><00:35:46.380><c> the</c><00:35:46.559><c> light</c><00:35:46.659><c> of</c><00:35:46.860><c> the</c><00:35:47.039><c> past</c>

00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:51.199
and<00:35:48.139><c> to</c><00:35:48.519><c> consider</c><00:35:48.880><c> the</c><00:35:49.260><c> prospect</c><00:35:49.619><c> of</c><00:35:49.840><c> the</c><00:35:50.019><c> future</c>

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:53.519
in<00:35:51.860><c> the</c><00:35:52.000><c> light</c><00:35:52.219><c> of</c><00:35:52.400><c> the</c><00:35:52.539><c> present</c>

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:56.280
and<00:35:53.780><c> to</c><00:35:53.960><c> aim</c><00:35:54.119><c> always</c><00:35:54.860><c> for</c><00:35:55.579><c> that</c><00:35:55.800><c> future.</c>

00:35:56.739 --> 00:35:59.679
This<00:35:56.900><c> is</c><00:35:57.119><c> the</c><00:35:57.280><c> goal</c><00:35:57.780><c> and</c><00:35:58.360><c> the</c><00:35:58.579><c> destination.</c>

00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:01.380
It<00:36:00.019><c> is</c><00:36:00.239><c> reserved</c><00:36:00.599><c> in</c><00:36:00.880><c> heaven</c>

00:36:01.380 --> 00:36:03.980
for<00:36:01.820><c> those</c><00:36:02.159><c> who</c><00:36:02.380><c> are</c><00:36:02.639><c> kept</c><00:36:02.880><c> by</c><00:36:03.119><c> the</c><00:36:03.340><c> power</c><00:36:03.539><c> of</c><00:36:03.780><c> God</c>

00:36:03.980 --> 00:36:05.880
through<00:36:04.320><c> faith</c><00:36:04.619><c> unto</c><00:36:04.840><c> salvation,</c>

00:36:06.239 --> 00:36:10.000
ready<00:36:06.480><c> to</c><00:36:06.659><c> be</c><00:36:06.920><c> revealed</c><00:36:07.460><c> in</c><00:36:08.380><c> the</c><00:36:08.559><c> last</c><00:36:08.860><c> time.</c>

00:36:12.199 --> 00:36:17.500
The<00:36:12.719><c> past,</c><00:36:14.179><c> the</c><00:36:14.360><c> present,</c><00:36:15.820><c> and</c><00:36:16.059><c> the</c><00:36:16.219><c> future,</c>

00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:21.980
associated<00:36:18.880><c> with</c><00:36:19.480><c> the</c><00:36:20.039><c> great</c><00:36:20.400><c> work</c><00:36:20.659><c> of</c><00:36:20.860><c> salvation</c>

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:24.480
is<00:36:22.280><c> indeed</c><00:36:22.619><c> a</c><00:36:22.719><c> very</c><00:36:23.039><c> interesting</c><00:36:23.500><c> study.</c>

00:36:24.659 --> 00:36:27.940
I<00:36:24.860><c> remember</c><00:36:25.219><c> it</c><00:36:25.360><c> was</c><00:36:25.639><c> an</c><00:36:25.820><c> elderly</c><00:36:26.039><c> brother</c><00:36:26.320><c> in</c><00:36:26.519><c> my</c><00:36:26.679><c> own</c><00:36:26.820><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:30.920
who<00:36:28.019><c> has</c><00:36:28.079><c> now</c><00:36:28.340><c> fallen</c><00:36:28.579><c> asleep</c><00:36:28.940><c> in</c><00:36:29.159><c> Jesus</c><00:36:29.639><c> many</c><00:36:30.119><c> years</c><00:36:30.420><c> ago</c>

00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:36.579
who<00:36:31.480><c> first</c><00:36:31.739><c> suggested</c><00:36:32.179><c> this</c><00:36:32.440><c> to</c><00:36:32.579><c> me</c><00:36:33.139><c> as</c><00:36:33.360><c> a</c><00:36:33.519><c> topic</c><00:36:33.900><c> for</c><00:36:34.840><c> a</c><00:36:35.039><c> Bible</c><00:36:35.300><c> class,</c>

00:36:37.760 --> 00:36:39.260
for<00:36:37.920><c> Bible</c><00:36:38.260><c> study.</c>

00:36:41.099 --> 00:36:43.139
There<00:36:41.280><c> are,</c><00:36:41.739><c> brethren</c><00:36:41.900><c> and</c><00:36:42.099><c> sisters,</c><00:36:42.320><c> these</c><00:36:42.639><c> three</c><00:36:42.840><c> tenses</c>

00:36:43.139 --> 00:36:44.179
of<00:36:43.380><c> salvation</c>

00:36:44.179 --> 00:36:48.460
used<00:36:44.820><c> with</c><00:36:45.039><c> all</c><00:36:45.199><c> the</c><00:36:45.400><c> great</c><00:36:45.599><c> words</c><00:36:45.960><c> associated</c><00:36:46.519><c> with</c><00:36:46.760><c> the</c><00:36:46.920><c> salvation</c><00:36:47.340><c> of</c><00:36:47.599><c> God.</c>

00:36:48.659 --> 00:36:50.420
It's<00:36:48.960><c> very</c><00:36:49.159><c> interesting</c><00:36:49.539><c> to</c><00:36:49.820><c> study</c><00:36:49.940><c> them.</c>

00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:52.199
We're<00:36:50.940><c> not</c><00:36:51.079><c> going</c><00:36:51.179><c> to</c><00:36:51.320><c> do</c><00:36:51.440><c> so</c><00:36:51.679><c> today.</c>

00:36:52.579 --> 00:36:55.079
I'm<00:36:52.760><c> just</c><00:36:52.940><c> really</c><00:36:53.159><c> reminding</c><00:36:53.579><c> you</c><00:36:53.820><c> of</c><00:36:53.940><c> this</c><00:36:54.179><c> fact.</c>

00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:59.900
It's<00:36:55.460><c> very</c><00:36:55.679><c> interesting</c><00:36:56.300><c> how</c><00:36:56.800><c> that</c><00:36:57.000><c> some</c><00:36:57.139><c> of</c><00:36:57.239><c> the</c><00:36:57.440><c> contemporary</c><00:36:57.960><c> communities</c><00:36:58.440><c> to</c><00:36:58.719><c> ourselves</c>

00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:06.940
only<00:37:01.400><c> emphasize</c><00:37:02.079><c> perhaps</c><00:37:02.980><c> two</c><00:37:03.579><c> of</c><00:37:04.079><c> these</c><00:37:04.440><c> three</c><00:37:04.699><c> tenses</c><00:37:05.199><c> of</c><00:37:05.739><c> salvation,</c>

00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:09.920
perhaps<00:37:07.659><c> the</c><00:37:07.880><c> present</c><00:37:08.320><c> and</c><00:37:08.659><c> the</c><00:37:08.880><c> past,</c>

00:37:10.380 --> 00:37:12.639
perhaps<00:37:10.519><c> the</c><00:37:10.739><c> present</c><00:37:11.139><c> and</c><00:37:11.500><c> the</c><00:37:11.659><c> future</c><00:37:11.940><c> only,</c>

00:37:12.639 --> 00:37:17.500
and<00:37:13.000><c> forgetting</c><00:37:13.559><c> the</c><00:37:14.980><c> words</c><00:37:15.219><c> of</c><00:37:15.420><c> God</c><00:37:15.579><c> through</c><00:37:15.840><c> the</c><00:37:15.960><c> Old</c><00:37:16.139><c> Testament</c><00:37:16.739><c> and</c>

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:18.840
so<00:37:17.840><c> on.</c>

00:37:18.900 --> 00:37:21.440
We<00:37:19.139><c> can</c><00:37:19.340><c> only</c><00:37:19.619><c> have</c><00:37:20.099><c> a</c><00:37:20.480><c> balanced</c><00:37:20.880><c> picture,</c>

00:37:21.739 --> 00:37:24.860
a<00:37:22.119><c> full</c><00:37:22.440><c> picture</c><00:37:23.059><c> of</c><00:37:23.579><c> the</c><00:37:23.760><c> revelation</c><00:37:24.179><c> of</c><00:37:24.440><c> God</c>

00:37:24.860 --> 00:37:28.980
if<00:37:25.300><c> we</c><00:37:25.480><c> endeavor</c><00:37:25.780><c> to</c><00:37:26.019><c> keep</c><00:37:26.219><c> all</c><00:37:26.539><c> these</c><00:37:26.840><c> three</c><00:37:27.099><c> tenses</c><00:37:27.940><c> together</c>

00:37:28.980 --> 00:37:32.619
in<00:37:29.780><c> tension</c><00:37:30.079><c> the</c><00:37:30.320><c> one</c><00:37:31.019><c> with</c><00:37:31.500><c> the</c><00:37:31.719><c> other.</c>

00:37:34.380 --> 00:37:38.059
So<00:37:34.699><c> the</c><00:37:34.820><c> new</c><00:37:35.039><c> life,</c><00:37:35.739><c> life</c><00:37:36.099><c> through</c><00:37:36.380><c> the</c><00:37:36.559><c> name</c><00:37:36.760><c> of</c><00:37:36.960><c> the</c><00:37:37.079><c> Lord</c><00:37:37.260><c> Jesus,</c>

00:37:38.059 --> 00:37:41.940
leads<00:37:38.619><c> to</c><00:37:38.820><c> that</c><00:37:39.119><c> foolish</c><00:37:39.460><c> realization</c><00:37:40.940><c> of</c><00:37:41.460><c> life</c>

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:45.719
at<00:37:42.420><c> that</c><00:37:42.659><c> great</c><00:37:42.960><c> harvest</c><00:37:43.539><c> that</c><00:37:44.079><c> is</c><00:37:44.320><c> yet</c><00:37:44.519><c> to</c><00:37:44.780><c> be.</c>

00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:48.840
You<00:37:46.199><c> can't</c><00:37:46.719><c> really</c><00:37:47.059><c> tell</c><00:37:47.219><c> the</c><00:37:47.400><c> difference</c><00:37:47.679><c> now</c>

00:37:48.820 --> 00:37:51.739
between<00:37:49.099><c> a</c><00:37:49.320><c> man</c><00:37:49.519><c> who</c><00:37:50.000><c> lives</c><00:37:50.159><c> the</c><00:37:50.400><c> old</c><00:37:50.699><c> life</c>

00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:54.380
or<00:37:52.079><c> a</c><00:37:52.280><c> man</c><00:37:52.460><c> who</c><00:37:52.760><c> lives</c><00:37:52.980><c> the</c><00:37:53.179><c> new</c><00:37:53.360><c> life,</c>

00:37:54.500 --> 00:37:56.699
the<00:37:54.659><c> man</c><00:37:54.920><c> who</c><00:37:55.159><c> lives</c><00:37:55.300><c> to</c><00:37:55.519><c> himself.</c>

00:37:57.659 --> 00:38:01.800
So<00:37:57.880><c> difficult,</c><00:37:58.420><c> isn't</c><00:37:58.519><c> it,</c><00:37:59.340><c> for</c><00:37:59.500><c> us</c><00:37:59.639><c> to</c><00:37:59.800><c> judge</c><00:38:00.079><c> one</c><00:38:00.340><c> another's</c><00:38:00.820><c> hearts?</c>

00:38:02.260 --> 00:38:06.239
The<00:38:02.539><c> parable</c><00:38:02.880><c> of</c><00:38:03.099><c> the</c><00:38:03.260><c> net</c><00:38:03.800><c> that</c><00:38:04.219><c> we</c><00:38:04.420><c> considered</c><00:38:04.840><c> yesterday</c>

00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:10.019
demonstrates<00:38:07.099><c> that</c><00:38:07.340><c> you</c><00:38:07.440><c> have</c><00:38:07.659><c> to</c><00:38:07.800><c> wait</c><00:38:08.500><c> till</c><00:38:08.940><c> the</c><00:38:09.179><c> end</c>

00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:13.000
for<00:38:10.619><c> the</c><00:38:10.800><c> separation</c><00:38:11.300><c> to</c><00:38:11.500><c> be</c><00:38:11.719><c> made.</c>

00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:20.699
Jesus<00:38:14.239><c> said</c><00:38:14.980><c> that</c><00:38:16.199><c> only</c><00:38:16.519><c> then</c><00:38:17.300><c> would</c><00:38:17.920><c> the</c><00:38:18.039><c> final</c><00:38:18.400><c> polarization</c><00:38:19.179><c> take</c><00:38:19.599><c> place.</c>

00:38:21.219 --> 00:38:23.420
But<00:38:21.340><c> the</c><00:38:21.539><c> end</c><00:38:21.719><c> result,</c><00:38:22.219><c> my</c><00:38:22.300><c> dear</c><00:38:22.500><c> brethren</c><00:38:22.800><c> and</c><00:38:23.079><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:29.380
is<00:38:24.139><c> related</c><00:38:24.800><c> to</c><00:38:25.559><c> the</c><00:38:25.780><c> time</c><00:38:26.059><c> now,</c><00:38:27.199><c> to</c><00:38:27.420><c> our</c><00:38:27.659><c> present</c><00:38:27.900><c> experience.</c>

00:38:29.719 --> 00:38:34.519
It<00:38:29.880><c> is</c><00:38:30.119><c> related</c><00:38:30.480><c> to</c><00:38:30.699><c> the</c><00:38:30.960><c> sowing</c><00:38:31.460><c> that</c><00:38:32.079><c> we</c><00:38:32.340><c> may</c><00:38:32.559><c> choose</c><00:38:32.920><c> to</c><00:38:33.179><c> do</c><00:38:33.400><c> now.</c>

00:38:34.780 --> 00:38:37.219
And<00:38:35.400><c> there's</c><00:38:35.679><c> a</c><00:38:35.880><c> law</c><00:38:36.019><c> of</c><00:38:36.360><c> sowing.</c>

00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:39.219
We<00:38:37.599><c> are</c><00:38:37.860><c> either</c><00:38:38.119><c> sowing</c><00:38:38.400><c> to</c><00:38:38.599><c> the</c><00:38:38.760><c> Lord,</c>

00:38:39.679 --> 00:38:44.219
or<00:38:39.860><c> we</c><00:38:39.940><c> are</c><00:38:40.260><c> sowing</c><00:38:40.619><c> to</c><00:38:40.900><c> ourselves,</c><00:38:42.280><c> one</c><00:38:42.760><c> or</c><00:38:43.139><c> the</c><00:38:43.360><c> other.</c>

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:48.000
If<00:38:44.800><c> we</c><00:38:45.000><c> wish</c><00:38:45.159><c> to</c><00:38:45.440><c> live</c><00:38:45.639><c> that</c><00:38:45.940><c> fullness</c><00:38:46.260><c> of</c><00:38:46.579><c> life</c><00:38:46.820><c> in</c><00:38:47.000><c> the</c><00:38:47.159><c> kingdom,</c>

00:38:48.139 --> 00:38:52.420
we<00:38:48.340><c> must</c><00:38:48.539><c> be</c><00:38:48.940><c> sowing</c><00:38:49.539><c> to</c><00:38:49.940><c> that</c><00:38:50.260><c> kind</c><00:38:50.519><c> of</c><00:38:50.780><c> life</c><00:38:51.260><c> now.</c>

00:38:53.039 --> 00:38:56.280
But<00:38:53.139><c> there's</c><00:38:53.340><c> nothing</c><00:38:53.519><c> really</c><00:38:53.860><c> magical</c><00:38:54.480><c> about</c><00:38:55.440><c> an</c><00:38:55.739><c> inheritance</c>

00:38:56.280 --> 00:38:57.840
in<00:38:56.739><c> the</c><00:38:56.900><c> kingdom</c><00:38:57.159><c> of</c><00:38:57.440><c> God.</c>

00:38:58.300 --> 00:39:01.500
We<00:38:58.599><c> know</c><00:38:58.860><c> what</c><00:38:59.139><c> the</c><00:38:59.539><c> qualities</c><00:39:00.179><c> and</c><00:39:00.780><c> characteristics</c>

00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:04.820
and<00:39:01.920><c> values</c><00:39:02.599><c> of</c><00:39:03.199><c> that</c><00:39:03.460><c> kingdom</c><00:39:03.840><c> will</c><00:39:04.199><c> be.</c>

00:39:05.179 --> 00:39:08.039
And<00:39:05.360><c> so</c><00:39:05.500><c> even</c><00:39:05.800><c> now</c><00:39:06.059><c> we</c><00:39:06.219><c> should</c><00:39:06.420><c> be</c><00:39:06.739><c> cultivating</c>

00:39:08.039 --> 00:39:13.739
and<00:39:09.199><c> seeking</c><00:39:09.539><c> to</c><00:39:09.940><c> demonstrate</c><00:39:10.400><c> in</c><00:39:10.559><c> our</c><00:39:10.820><c> own</c><00:39:11.039><c> lives</c><00:39:11.679><c> those</c><00:39:12.519><c> values.</c>

00:39:15.219 --> 00:39:17.780
These<00:39:15.599><c> things</c><00:39:15.880><c> are</c><00:39:16.139><c> written,</c><00:39:16.559><c> said</c><00:39:16.699><c> John,</c>

00:39:17.920 --> 00:39:21.360
that<00:39:18.019><c> ye</c><00:39:18.159><c> might</c><00:39:18.400><c> believe</c><00:39:19.000><c> that</c><00:39:19.280><c> Jesus</c><00:39:19.639><c> is</c><00:39:19.860><c> the</c><00:39:20.059><c> Christ,</c><00:39:21.159><c> the</c>

00:39:21.360 --> 00:39:22.500
Son<00:39:21.519><c> of</c><00:39:21.739><c> God,</c>

00:39:22.719 --> 00:39:28.139
and<00:39:23.039><c> that</c><00:39:23.320><c> believing</c><00:39:23.760><c> ye</c><00:39:24.659><c> might</c><00:39:24.920><c> have</c><00:39:25.260><c> life</c><00:39:26.059><c> through</c><00:39:26.699><c> his</c><00:39:27.099><c> name.</c>

00:39:30.800 --> 00:39:33.280
The<00:39:31.400><c> disciples,</c><00:39:32.079><c> the</c><00:39:32.260><c> twelve</c><00:39:32.480><c> disciples,</c>

00:39:34.880 --> 00:39:37.519
were<00:39:35.039><c> confronted</c><00:39:35.460><c> with</c><00:39:35.719><c> the</c><00:39:35.880><c> message</c><00:39:36.099><c> of</c><00:39:36.300><c> the</c><00:39:36.460><c> Lord.</c>

00:39:38.340 --> 00:39:42.780
And<00:39:38.599><c> Thomas,</c><00:39:40.219><c> that</c><00:39:40.380><c> sturdy</c><00:39:40.719><c>-minded</c><00:39:41.039><c> empiricist,</c><00:39:41.960><c> said,</c>

00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:47.000
Except<00:39:43.420><c> I</c><00:39:43.639><c> shall</c><00:39:43.800><c> see</c><00:39:44.059><c> in</c><00:39:44.179><c> his</c><00:39:44.500><c> hands</c><00:39:45.139><c> the</c><00:39:45.519><c> print</c><00:39:45.699><c> of</c><00:39:45.860><c> the</c><00:39:46.039><c> nails,</c>

00:39:47.019 --> 00:39:48.300
I<00:39:47.360><c> will</c><00:39:47.599><c> not</c><00:39:47.840><c> believe.</c>

00:39:48.780 --> 00:39:50.900
What<00:39:49.099><c> a</c><00:39:49.360><c> strange</c><00:39:49.860><c> thing.</c>

00:39:52.039 --> 00:39:55.440
But<00:39:52.219><c> it</c><00:39:52.239><c> didn't</c><00:39:52.480><c> really</c><00:39:52.760><c> matter</c><00:39:52.980><c> what</c><00:39:53.179><c> it</c><00:39:53.420><c> was,</c><00:39:54.300><c> did</c><00:39:54.420><c> it?</c>

00:39:55.760 --> 00:39:59.639
It<00:39:56.039><c> began</c><00:39:56.360><c> with</c><00:39:56.519><c> a</c><00:39:56.679><c> little</c><00:39:56.900><c> word,</c><00:39:58.380><c> except.</c>

00:39:59.760 --> 00:40:01.239
And<00:40:00.000><c> that</c><00:40:00.179><c> was</c><00:40:00.400><c> enough.</c>

00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:06.159
We<00:40:03.119><c> can</c><00:40:03.320><c> say</c><00:40:03.519><c> the</c><00:40:03.719><c> same</c><00:40:03.960><c> thing,</c><00:40:04.280><c> my</c><00:40:04.400><c> dear</c><00:40:04.599><c> brethren</c><00:40:04.900><c> and</c><00:40:05.179><c> sisters.</c>

00:40:07.699 --> 00:40:12.380
We<00:40:07.980><c> can</c><00:40:08.199><c> attempt</c><00:40:08.480><c> to</c><00:40:08.780><c> have</c><00:40:08.960><c> a</c><00:40:09.139><c> kind</c><00:40:09.380><c> of</c><00:40:09.900><c> conditional</c><00:40:10.860><c> discipleship.</c>

00:40:12.940 --> 00:40:18.260
I<00:40:13.199><c> will</c><00:40:13.480><c> follow</c><00:40:13.800><c> thee,</c><00:40:14.079><c> Lord,</c><00:40:15.860><c> but</c><00:40:16.159><c> with</c><00:40:16.420><c> certain</c><00:40:16.800><c> reservations,</c>

00:40:18.340 --> 00:40:20.900
because<00:40:18.900><c> I'm</c><00:40:19.059><c> not</c><00:40:19.280><c> quite</c><00:40:19.559><c> sure</c><00:40:19.800><c> what</c><00:40:20.000><c> the</c><00:40:20.239><c> outcome</c><00:40:20.519><c> is</c><00:40:20.739><c> going</c>

00:40:20.900 --> 00:40:21.800
to<00:40:21.139><c> be,</c>

00:40:21.800 --> 00:40:27.239
or<00:40:22.400><c> what</c><00:40:22.619><c> kind</c><00:40:22.900><c> of</c><00:40:23.099><c> tribulation</c><00:40:23.719><c> or</c><00:40:24.019><c> suffering</c><00:40:24.639><c> may</c><00:40:25.340><c> lay</c><00:40:25.500><c> before</c><00:40:25.880><c> me.</c>

00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:29.980
And<00:40:27.760><c> the</c><00:40:27.860><c> answer</c><00:40:28.099><c> of</c><00:40:28.260><c> Jesus</c><00:40:28.559><c> is</c><00:40:28.820><c> always</c><00:40:29.059><c> the</c><00:40:29.260><c> same,</c>

00:40:30.440 --> 00:40:32.960
and<00:40:30.559><c> it</c><00:40:30.719><c> comes</c><00:40:30.960><c> down</c><00:40:31.300><c> across</c><00:40:31.619><c> the</c><00:40:31.860><c> ages.</c>

00:40:33.199 --> 00:40:36.820
Be<00:40:33.300><c> not</c><00:40:33.579><c> faithless,</c><00:40:35.699><c> but</c><00:40:35.820><c> believing.</c>

00:40:37.760 --> 00:40:42.300
The<00:40:38.000><c> great</c><00:40:38.199><c> and</c><00:40:38.460><c> central</c><00:40:38.719><c> issue</c><00:40:39.420><c> of</c><00:40:39.900><c> faith</c><00:40:40.739><c> and</c><00:40:41.340><c> doubt.</c>

00:40:43.559 --> 00:40:48.739
Or<00:40:43.719><c> perhaps</c><00:40:44.000><c> more</c><00:40:44.239><c> correctly,</c><00:40:46.039><c> faithlessness</c><00:40:46.800><c> and</c><00:40:48.360><c> doubt.</c>

00:40:48.739 --> 00:40:51.480
Or<00:40:49.320><c> is</c><00:40:49.500><c> the</c><00:40:49.679><c> hint</c><00:40:49.880><c> in</c><00:40:50.159><c> that</c><00:40:50.480><c> word,</c>

00:40:51.659 --> 00:40:54.679
that<00:40:51.840><c> faith</c><00:40:52.039><c> is</c><00:40:52.280><c> something</c><00:40:52.500><c> more</c><00:40:52.860><c> than</c><00:40:53.019><c> something</c><00:40:53.239><c> that</c><00:40:53.440><c> is</c><00:40:53.699><c> static,</c>

00:40:55.400 --> 00:40:57.619
something<00:40:55.679><c> more</c><00:40:56.000><c> than</c><00:40:56.159><c> a</c><00:40:56.400><c> commitment</c><00:40:56.719><c> that</c><00:40:56.900><c> was</c><00:40:57.079><c> made</c><00:40:57.320><c> at</c><00:40:57.519><c> a</c>

00:40:57.619 --> 00:40:59.719
point<00:40:57.840><c> in</c><00:40:58.119><c> time</c><00:40:58.280><c> in</c><00:40:58.440><c> the</c><00:40:58.619><c> past,</c>

00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:03.800
and<00:41:00.719><c> is</c><00:41:00.880><c> the</c><00:41:01.039><c> basis</c><00:41:01.320><c> and</c><00:41:01.559><c> foundation</c><00:41:02.039><c> for</c><00:41:02.260><c> the</c><00:41:02.480><c> status</c><00:41:02.739><c> quo,</c>

00:41:03.960 --> 00:41:07.239
but<00:41:04.119><c> is</c><00:41:04.320><c> rather</c><00:41:04.960><c> something</c><00:41:05.639><c> that</c><00:41:05.860><c> is</c><00:41:06.239><c> continual,</c>

00:41:07.579 --> 00:41:10.360
continually<00:41:07.900><c> developing</c><00:41:08.559><c> and</c><00:41:09.539><c> growing,</c>

00:41:11.559 --> 00:41:14.559
dynamic,<00:41:13.340><c> not</c><00:41:13.579><c> static.</c>

00:41:16.280 --> 00:41:18.760
The<00:41:16.920><c> Apostle</c><00:41:17.260><c> Paul</c><00:41:17.539><c> proclaimed,</c>

00:41:18.920 --> 00:41:23.119
I<00:41:18.920><c> am</c><00:41:19.139><c> crucified</c><00:41:19.800><c> with</c><00:41:20.099><c> Christ,</c><00:41:21.300><c> nevertheless</c><00:41:21.619><c> I</c><00:41:22.000><c> live,</c>

00:41:23.199 --> 00:41:26.320
yet<00:41:23.340><c> not</c><00:41:23.619><c> I,</c><00:41:24.500><c> but</c><00:41:24.719><c> Christ</c><00:41:25.159><c> liveth</c><00:41:25.440><c> in</c><00:41:25.659><c> me,</c>

00:41:26.679 --> 00:41:29.159
and<00:41:26.820><c> the</c><00:41:27.000><c> life</c><00:41:27.179><c> which</c><00:41:27.440><c> I</c><00:41:27.679><c> now</c><00:41:27.900><c> live</c><00:41:27.980><c> in</c><00:41:28.139><c> the</c><00:41:28.340><c> flesh,</c>

00:41:29.199 --> 00:41:31.019
I<00:41:29.340><c> live</c><00:41:29.480><c> by</c><00:41:29.719><c> the</c><00:41:29.940><c> faith</c><00:41:30.099><c> of</c><00:41:30.280><c> the</c><00:41:30.420><c> Son</c><00:41:30.559><c> of</c><00:41:30.760><c> God,</c>

00:41:31.059 --> 00:41:35.079
who<00:41:31.239><c> loved</c><00:41:31.500><c> me</c><00:41:32.179><c> and</c><00:41:32.539><c> gave</c><00:41:32.880><c> himself</c><00:41:33.559><c> for</c><00:41:34.179><c> me.</c>

00:41:35.679 --> 00:41:38.659
So<00:41:35.960><c> he</c><00:41:36.179><c> could</c><00:41:36.500><c> proclaim,</c><00:41:37.539><c> certainly,</c>

00:41:38.860 --> 00:41:42.300
I<00:41:39.500><c> can</c><00:41:39.699><c> do</c><00:41:39.960><c> all</c><00:41:40.360><c> things</c><00:41:40.719><c> through</c><00:41:41.079><c> Christ,</c>

00:41:42.739 --> 00:41:45.360
who<00:41:43.119><c> strengthens</c><00:41:43.760><c> me.</c>

00:41:52.820 --> 00:41:55.780
So<00:41:53.320><c> may</c><00:41:53.440><c> we</c><00:41:53.599><c> summarize,</c><00:41:54.159><c> my</c><00:41:54.280><c> dear</c><00:41:54.380><c> brethren</c><00:41:54.639><c> and</c><00:41:54.900><c> sisters,</c>

00:41:55.900 --> 00:41:57.800
what<00:41:55.980><c> we're</c><00:41:56.179><c> trying</c><00:41:56.320><c> to</c><00:41:56.519><c> say</c><00:41:56.679><c> today.</c>

00:41:58.400 --> 00:42:02.579
In<00:41:59.159><c> one</c><00:41:59.460><c> sense,</c><00:42:00.300><c> we</c><00:42:00.559><c> already</c><00:42:01.000><c> have</c><00:42:01.440><c> redemption.</c>

00:42:02.940 --> 00:42:07.760
Romans<00:42:03.260><c> 3</c><00:42:03.599><c>.24,</c><00:42:05.119><c> Ephesians</c><00:42:05.500><c> 1</c><00:42:05.840><c>.7,</c><00:42:06.420><c> Colossians</c><00:42:06.739><c> 1</c><00:42:07.019><c>.14,</c>

00:42:07.760 --> 00:42:12.159
but<00:42:08.420><c> in</c><00:42:08.679><c> another</c><00:42:08.880><c> sense,</c><00:42:09.920><c> we</c><00:42:10.000><c> have</c><00:42:10.219><c> still</c><00:42:10.460><c> to</c><00:42:10.699><c> wait</c><00:42:11.059><c> for</c><00:42:11.480><c> the</c><00:42:11.659><c> redemption,</c>

00:42:12.659 --> 00:42:15.960
that<00:42:12.820><c> is</c><00:42:13.000><c> to</c><00:42:13.179><c> say,</c><00:42:13.500><c> the</c><00:42:13.639><c> redemption</c><00:42:14.239><c> of</c><00:42:14.900><c> the</c><00:42:15.059><c> body.</c>

00:42:16.679 --> 00:42:20.539
In<00:42:16.860><c> one</c><00:42:17.119><c> sense,</c><00:42:17.960><c> we</c><00:42:18.059><c> have</c><00:42:18.300><c> already</c><00:42:18.679><c> been</c><00:42:19.139><c> justified,</c>

00:42:20.840 --> 00:42:24.159
Romans<00:42:21.179><c> 5</c><00:42:21.579><c>.1,</c><00:42:22.840><c> but</c><00:42:23.119><c> in</c><00:42:23.360><c> another</c><00:42:23.579><c> sense,</c>

00:42:24.579 --> 00:42:27.519
righteousness<00:42:24.920><c> is</c><00:42:25.719><c> something</c><00:42:26.059><c> that</c><00:42:26.320><c> we</c><00:42:26.599><c> still</c><00:42:27.000><c> await</c>

00:42:27.519 --> 00:42:32.400
and<00:42:28.239><c> hope</c><00:42:28.460><c> to</c><00:42:28.739><c> attain</c><00:42:29.019><c> unto,</c><00:42:30.280><c> Galatians</c><00:42:30.840><c> 5</c><00:42:31.320><c>.5.</c>

00:42:32.480 --> 00:42:36.280
We<00:42:32.739><c> look</c><00:42:33.000><c> forward</c><00:42:33.280><c> to</c><00:42:33.440><c> the</c><00:42:33.659><c> glory</c><00:42:33.920><c> that</c><00:42:34.059><c> is</c><00:42:34.300><c> yet</c><00:42:34.420><c> to</c><00:42:34.619><c> be</c><00:42:34.800><c> revealed</c><00:42:35.280><c> in</c><00:42:35.800><c> us</c>

00:42:36.280 --> 00:42:39.880
by<00:42:36.639><c> the</c><00:42:36.860><c> mercy</c><00:42:37.159><c> of</c><00:42:37.400><c> God,</c><00:42:38.280><c> Romans</c><00:42:38.579><c> 8</c><00:42:38.900><c>.18.</c>

00:42:40.360 --> 00:42:43.059
But<00:42:40.460><c> already,</c><00:42:41.699><c> we</c><00:42:41.739><c> are</c><00:42:41.960><c> being</c><00:42:42.300><c> transformed</c>

00:42:43.059 --> 00:42:45.760
from<00:42:43.340><c> one</c><00:42:43.659><c> degree</c><00:42:43.920><c> of</c><00:42:44.199><c> glory</c><00:42:44.639><c> to</c><00:42:45.159><c> another,</c>

00:42:46.260 --> 00:42:48.619
2<00:42:46.500><c> Corinthians</c><00:42:46.920><c> 3</c><00:42:47.300><c>.18.</c>

00:42:49.039 --> 00:42:52.599
We<00:42:49.199><c> have</c><00:42:49.460><c> already</c><00:42:49.860><c> been</c><00:42:50.239><c> granted</c><00:42:50.920><c> new</c><00:42:51.420><c> life,</c>

00:42:52.639 --> 00:42:56.500
Romans<00:42:52.980><c> 6</c><00:42:53.420><c>.4,</c><00:42:54.659><c> 2</c><00:42:54.900><c> Corinthians</c><00:42:55.380><c> 3</c><00:42:55.719><c>.6,</c>

00:42:56.900 --> 00:42:59.699
but<00:42:57.139><c> eternal</c><00:42:57.539><c> life</c><00:42:57.960><c> still</c><00:42:58.280><c> remains</c><00:42:58.840><c> an</c><00:42:59.260><c> end</c>

00:42:59.699 --> 00:43:02.420
and<00:43:00.239><c> a</c><00:43:00.420><c> goal</c><00:43:00.800><c> to</c><00:43:01.219><c> be</c><00:43:01.440><c> striven</c><00:43:01.760><c> for,</c>

00:43:02.420 --> 00:43:07.460
Romans<00:43:03.300><c> 6</c><00:43:03.639><c>.22,</c><00:43:05.179><c> Galatians</c><00:43:05.579><c> 6</c><00:43:05.980><c>.8.</c>

00:43:08.019 --> 00:43:10.840
We<00:43:08.019><c> are</c><00:43:08.280><c> already</c><00:43:08.760><c> in</c><00:43:08.980><c> the</c><00:43:09.159><c> process</c><00:43:09.500><c> of</c><00:43:09.719><c> being</c><00:43:10.059><c> saved,</c>

00:43:11.239 --> 00:43:16.079
1<00:43:11.440><c> Corinthians</c><00:43:11.940><c> 1</c><00:43:12.280><c>.18,</c><00:43:12.900><c> 15</c><00:43:13.400><c>.2,</c><00:43:14.360><c> 2</c><00:43:14.599><c> Corinthians</c><00:43:15.019><c> 2</c><00:43:15.340><c>.15,</c>

00:43:16.579 --> 00:43:21.920
but<00:43:16.719><c> our</c><00:43:17.019><c> salvation</c><00:43:17.719><c> will</c><00:43:18.360><c> only</c><00:43:18.719><c> be</c><00:43:19.099><c> complete</c><00:43:19.739><c> at</c><00:43:20.320><c> the</c><00:43:20.519><c> last</c><00:43:20.820><c> day,</c>

00:43:22.039 --> 00:43:27.039
Romans<00:43:22.400><c> 5</c><00:43:22.900><c>.9,</c><00:43:23.820><c> 1</c><00:43:24.099><c> Thessalonians</c><00:43:24.820><c> 5</c><00:43:25.400><c>.8</c><00:43:25.960><c>-9.</c>

00:43:27.340 --> 00:43:31.559
We<00:43:27.619><c> have</c><00:43:27.820><c> already</c><00:43:28.119><c> received</c><00:43:28.739><c> the</c><00:43:29.139><c> status</c><00:43:29.820><c> of</c><00:43:30.460><c> adopted</c><00:43:30.880><c> sons,</c>

00:43:31.559 --> 00:43:34.739
Romans<00:43:32.260><c> 8</c><00:43:32.539><c>.15,</c><00:43:33.260><c> Galatians</c><00:43:33.679><c> 4</c><00:43:34.059><c>.5,</c>

00:43:34.860 --> 00:43:38.900
but<00:43:35.119><c> we</c><00:43:35.460><c> still</c><00:43:35.719><c> wait</c><00:43:36.059><c> for</c><00:43:36.320><c> the</c><00:43:36.579><c> adoption</c><00:43:37.159><c> as</c><00:43:37.840><c> sons,</c>

00:43:39.039 --> 00:43:41.559
Romans<00:43:39.420><c> 8</c><00:43:40.179><c>.23.</c>

00:43:42.780 --> 00:43:45.300
In<00:43:43.000><c> all</c><00:43:43.739><c> these</c><00:43:44.559><c> principles,</c>

00:43:45.699 --> 00:43:48.480
there<00:43:45.880><c> is</c><00:43:46.079><c> a</c><00:43:46.219><c> tension</c><00:43:46.519><c> between</c><00:43:46.920><c> present</c><00:43:47.320><c> fulfillment</c><00:43:47.960><c> and</c>

00:43:48.480 --> 00:43:49.280
future<00:43:48.900><c> hope.</c>

00:43:49.639 --> 00:43:53.940
There<00:43:49.820><c> is</c><00:43:50.039><c> a</c><00:43:50.159><c> dual</c><00:43:50.400><c> relationship</c><00:43:51.199><c> between</c><00:43:51.659><c> the</c><00:43:52.019><c> part</c><00:43:52.400><c> and</c><00:43:52.840><c> the</c><00:43:53.099><c> whole.</c>

00:43:55.219 --> 00:43:59.099
And<00:43:55.539><c> each</c><00:43:55.800><c> word</c><00:43:56.380><c> indicates</c><00:43:57.159><c> that</c><00:43:57.480><c> salvation</c><00:43:57.960><c> is</c><00:43:58.239><c> not</c><00:43:58.519><c> something</c>

00:43:59.099 --> 00:44:03.119
attained<00:43:59.980><c> all</c><00:44:00.280><c> at</c><00:44:00.500><c> once</c><00:44:00.760><c> in</c><00:44:01.099><c> this</c><00:44:01.320><c> life</c><00:44:01.800><c> or</c><00:44:02.320><c> wholly</c><00:44:02.659><c> reserved</c>

00:44:03.119 --> 00:44:03.960
for<00:44:03.320><c> the</c><00:44:03.460><c> next.</c>

00:44:04.320 --> 00:44:08.579
It<00:44:04.599><c> speaks</c><00:44:04.860><c> of</c><00:44:05.039><c> something</c><00:44:05.420><c> begun</c><00:44:05.739><c> in</c><00:44:05.960><c> the</c><00:44:06.079><c> present</c><00:44:06.480><c> but</c><00:44:06.960><c> not</c><00:44:07.480><c> completed,</c>

00:44:08.599 --> 00:44:12.340
something<00:44:09.019><c> participated</c><00:44:09.860><c> in</c><00:44:10.400><c> but</c><00:44:10.780><c> not</c><00:44:11.059><c> yet</c><00:44:11.320><c> fully</c><00:44:11.619><c> possessed.</c>

00:44:12.739 --> 00:44:17.380
And<00:44:13.000><c> so</c><00:44:13.119><c> it</c><00:44:13.320><c> is</c><00:44:13.960><c> with</c><00:44:14.539><c> resurrection</c><00:44:15.239><c> and</c><00:44:16.280><c> new</c><00:44:16.480><c> life.</c>

00:44:18.119 --> 00:44:21.500
In<00:44:18.360><c> one</c><00:44:18.619><c> sense,</c><00:44:19.619><c> the</c><00:44:19.820><c> resurrection</c><00:44:20.179><c> is</c><00:44:20.420><c> already</c><00:44:20.719><c> past,</c>

00:44:21.860 --> 00:44:25.780
for<00:44:21.980><c> at</c><00:44:22.139><c> our</c><00:44:22.340><c> baptism</c><00:44:22.800><c> we</c><00:44:23.639><c> share</c><00:44:24.039><c> in</c><00:44:24.280><c> Christ's</c><00:44:24.960><c> resurrection,</c>

00:44:25.780 --> 00:44:29.699
Galatians<00:44:26.800><c> 2</c><00:44:27.219><c>.12</c><00:44:28.119><c> and</c><00:44:28.539><c> 3</c><00:44:28.860><c>.1.</c>

00:44:29.760 --> 00:44:33.840
But<00:44:29.900><c> in</c><00:44:30.099><c> another</c><00:44:30.300><c> sense,</c><00:44:31.239><c> the</c><00:44:31.280><c> resurrection</c><00:44:32.000><c> is</c><00:44:32.699><c> clearly</c><00:44:33.159><c> and</c>

00:44:33.840 --> 00:44:35.519
definitively<00:44:34.500><c> future,</c>

00:44:35.659 --> 00:44:38.260
for<00:44:35.780><c> only</c><00:44:36.139><c> then,</c><00:44:36.659><c> with</c><00:44:36.860><c> the</c><00:44:37.039><c> resurrection</c><00:44:37.440><c> of</c><00:44:37.639><c> the</c><00:44:37.780><c> body,</c>

00:44:38.699 --> 00:44:41.260
will<00:44:38.780><c> the</c><00:44:39.039><c> whole</c><00:44:39.340><c> man</c><00:44:39.659><c> be</c><00:44:39.900><c> made</c><00:44:40.099><c> alive.</c>

00:44:41.420 --> 00:44:44.800
Romans<00:44:41.780><c> 6,</c><00:44:42.239><c> verse</c><00:44:42.460><c> 5,</c><00:44:43.380><c> 1</c><00:44:43.619><c> Corinthians</c><00:44:44.139><c> 15.</c>

00:44:45.199 --> 00:44:47.460
So<00:44:45.340><c> the</c><00:44:45.519><c> future</c><00:44:46.000><c> is</c><00:44:46.420><c> related</c><00:44:46.719><c> to</c><00:44:46.920><c> the</c><00:44:47.099><c> present.</c>

00:44:47.840 --> 00:44:50.440
Glorious<00:44:48.260><c> hopes</c><00:44:48.699><c> of</c><00:44:48.920><c> present</c><00:44:49.239><c> realities,</c>

00:44:50.619 --> 00:44:54.699
future<00:44:50.820><c> prospects</c><00:44:51.480><c> have</c><00:44:52.139><c> for</c><00:44:52.360><c> us</c><00:44:53.079><c> an</c><00:44:53.420><c> immediate</c><00:44:53.840><c> foretaste.</c>

00:44:54.699 --> 00:44:59.659
The<00:44:55.420><c> things</c><00:44:55.699><c> that</c><00:44:56.000><c> will</c><00:44:56.280><c> be</c><00:44:57.019><c> are</c><00:44:57.639><c> related</c><00:44:58.039><c> inescapably</c><00:44:59.219><c> to</c>

00:44:59.659 --> 00:45:01.920
the<00:44:59.840><c> things</c><00:45:00.079><c> which</c><00:45:00.440><c> now</c><00:45:00.760><c> are.</c>

00:45:02.900 --> 00:45:06.559
So<00:45:03.099><c> ponder</c><00:45:03.420><c> this,</c><00:45:04.659><c> my</c><00:45:04.760><c> dear</c><00:45:05.000><c> brethren</c><00:45:05.340><c> and</c><00:45:05.599><c> sisters,</c>

00:45:07.059 --> 00:45:09.400
as<00:45:07.199><c> you</c><00:45:07.440><c> consider</c><00:45:07.800><c> his</c><00:45:08.119><c> promises</c>

00:45:09.699 --> 00:45:14.460
and<00:45:10.400><c> the</c><00:45:10.679><c> precious</c><00:45:11.440><c> privilege,</c><00:45:12.860><c> even</c><00:45:13.280><c> now,</c>

00:45:14.840 --> 00:45:17.940
of<00:45:15.059><c> new</c><00:45:15.300><c> life</c><00:45:16.059><c> in</c><00:45:16.599><c> Christ</c><00:45:16.880><c> Jesus.</c>